Captain Brace is not being promoted (Letter, 1816)

[Kendra71]

Hello, I would be very grateful for help with the following please. It is a follow-up note on the back of a letter from Captain Brace to the Admiralty in London from 1816. Someone needs to tell him that he is not getting promoted. I've got the following, but am struggling with the bracketed part...

"Lord Melville informed the Board that he would answer by a private letter [in a applice to the sense of feel] which had been addressed to him individually by Captain Brace.

[horselydown86]

Just dashing out the door but I think this is in the middle:

                    ...applica
tion to the same of...

[Kendra71]

Thanks horselydown86

That makes sense. It would make it -

"Lord Melville informed the Board that he would answer by a private letter an application to the same [of feel] which had been addressed to him individually by Captain Brace.

[Bookbox]

...applica
tion to the same ef
fect (= effect)

[Kendra71]

Thank you Bookbox! I think we've got it. I'm grateful to you both.