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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and makes my heart spring with Joy. I have the honor to be my dear General with great Truth & Affection Your most faithfull and obedient humble servant Saml Hood Sandy Hook Octr. 1th 1781 We are still here to my unspeakable concern, but I think we shall be on our way to the Cheseapeak tomorrow noon as the Troops are all on board and the wind fair — If Lord Cornwallis is [[underline]] able [[/underline]] to hold out, till we can gett to his relief I trust we shall do well, though I cannot help fearing, from what his Lordship says in his last Letter of the 11th that he [[underline]] must be [[/underline]] forced to yield to the vast superior force of the Enemy --
