Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé enclosing various papers [0643-0647], describing an action between the British and French fleets off Lynnhaven Bay on 5 September, relaying his concerns regarding the intentions of the French fleet, the need to keep them out of the Chesapeake, and the lack of action from Rear-Adm. Graves, and reporting on the scuppering of the 'Terrible' on account of her un-seaworthy condition.
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to writing the next morning, which I mentioned to Mr. Graves when I attended his first Summons On the 6th. it was calm all day, and in the evening Mr. Drake & 2 were sent for on board the London, when Mr. Graves communicated intelligence he had received from the Captains of the Medea & Iris, who had encountered the Chesapeak, which was as follows. "That ,, a ship of the Line one of 40 guns & a frigate ,, were at anchor, between the Horse Shoe shoal ,, and York river, and that they saw three ,, large ships coming down the Bay, which ,, they thought were of the Line--Mr. Graves also communicated thus, a letter from Sir Henry Clinton, to General Earl Cornwallis, which [[catchword]] he [[/catchword]]
