Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé basically repeating (almost verbatim) the contents of 0648, but with the addition of reporting the arrival of two more British ships and, in the postscript, that the British fleet was still at Sandy Hook 'to my unspeakable concern' but that he hoped it would be on its way to the Chesapeake the following day and thus able to offer relief to Lord Cornwallis.
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with a strong squadron as an auxiliary to him? And can anything more strongly mark a consciousness that he was afraid to have a plain and truthfulll narrative of his negligence and inattention to his duty sent home, before he had told his own lame story? He is universally censured, and this illiberal conduct of his, can do him no good in the end, as Truth will sooner or later always prevail No officer ever had more glorious prospects before him, of rendering great and important services to his King & Country, and it was not possible for any one, more unaccountably to have overlooked them, by which I fear, he has brought irretrievable destress not only upon great Britain, but upon His Majesty’s brave officers, Troops, and loyal Subjects in America also. On the 24th I attended a consultation of Generals & Admirals at Sir Henry Clintons, when it was agreed to attempt by the united efforts of [[catchword]] Army [[/catchword]]
