Copy of a letter from Lt-Gen. Sir Henry Clinton to Sir George Rodney, re the likelihood of a French force arriving off the American coast shortly, reporting the dispatching of various British forces, his belief that enemy forces will make a concerted attack on New York and their likely numbers, and requesting that Rodney go to New York to assist the British cause.
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with all the Sea and Land Force he can assemble, And as I have it from good Authority that Barras (notwithstandg it was his first intention to escape to Boston) is stopped at Rhode Island by some Intelligence (as supposed) from Le Grasse I think there is little doubt the latter will go first thither and form a Junction with his Squadron, after which it is probable they will proceed on their Operation against this Post. Lord Cornwallis’s Situation at different Periods, and the Hopes I was flattered with of the early Arrival of the promised Reinforcement to this part of the Army induced me to detach from hence more than I probably ought. However as his [[catchword]] Lordships [[/catchword]]
