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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most probably encumbered with Transports, on the Contrary it is likely that such Reinforcement as General Vaughan may think proper to send me will be embarked in Your Fleet; — a fortunate junction of which with this Squadron may give Your excellency a decided Superiority and an Opportunity of ending the Affair in that way most gloriously. But, should a Storm, or any unforeseen Circumstance prevent that, I am persuaded that our Combined Efforts will not only render all the Enemys Attempts abortive, but insure Success to such Operations as we may afterwards undertake together, The present Situation of our Country requires more than Common Exertions; [[catchword]] And [[/catchword]]
