Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé reporting again on Sir George Rodney's making over to him the command of the British fleet on the Leeward Island station, enclosing various papers [0632-0641], reporting on his journey to America and his current position there, on attempts to prevent the enemy's ships in the West Indies and at Rhode Island from combining forces, and on the departure of French ships from the American coast.
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coast before me, but as I was running out Mr. Drake appeared, with four ships of the Line, having a certainty, that the enemy had no ship larger than a frigate at Fort Royal, and without delaying a moment, I pushed on as fast as possible on the 25th. I made the land a little to the Southward of Cape Henry, and from thence dispatched [[addition]] ^ a Frigate [[/addition]] with the Letter No 9 to R:A: Graves and finding no Enemy had appeared either in the Chesapeak, or Delaware, I proceeded off Sandy Hook. On the 28th in the morning I received the Letter No 10, from Mr Gaves, which was couched in terms I did not expect, from what he had written to Sir George Rodney, and being apprehensive much inconvenience might arise, from the Squadron under my Command going within the Hook, and knowing there was not a moment to be lost, in moving with His Majesty’s whole Naval force, in order to prevent a junction of the West India ships, with those [[catchword]] at [[/catchword]]
