Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé, announcing that he had acquired the requested wine for Prince Frederick and reporting on his and the British Navy's activities in the Caribbean, including the fact that Sir George Rodney had handed the command of the British fleet into his hands and was returning to England, the appearance of various French and American vessels in the area and his hope to reach America before the enemy's ships, and the arrival of a number of Spanish ships at the Cape after the storming of Pensaecola.
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Barfleur St. Eustatius Road August 2 1781 My dear General I had the pleasure and satisfaction of unbosoming myself to you, in several letters lately, my last was put on board a Pacquet at Antigua, but finding her again here, gives me an opportunity of acknowledging the very friendly letter you did me the honor to write me the 8th. of May, brought by the Fortunee The repeated kind Tokens of your remembrance you have the goodness to give me, are very flattering indeed! And every expression tending to shew that I have the honor & happiness of standing fair in the good opinion of my most gracious sovereign makes my heart bound with Joy, for there is nothing I so much pant after in this world as opportunities of proving myself worthy of His Royal notice, by courage and good conduct, against His Majesty's Enemies. I trust I have taken effectual care to procure the wine you wish for, for His Royal Highness Prince Frederick; and hope I shall be soon able [[catchword]] to [[/catchword]]
