My Lord,
Having in obedience to his Majestie's order in Council of the 14th Instant prepared the Draught of a Warrant for transmitting a new Seal for his Majesty's Province of North Carolina to the Governor of the Said Province impowering him to make use thereof and requiring him to transmit the old Seal in order to its being defaced in like manner with other Seals by his Majesty in Council, we here inclose the Said Draught of a Warrant which we desire your Grace will please to lay before his Majesty for his Royal Signature. We are
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle