Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé, and duplicate [0622a], reporting on the confusion which had arisen over the sharing between the Army and the Navy of the booty acquired from the capture of St Eustatius island, on account of the involvement of an outside agency (Mr Akers of St Kitts) and Captain Young, whom Hood denounces.
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George Rodney immediately retired to another room and sent for me; upon my going to him, he was pleased to address me thus; Sir Samuel, this is a very extrardinary demand Mr. Akers has made he must by no means, have anything to do, with our concerns here; I shall send on shore my Captain & Secretary, shall be obliged if you will send your Captain & Secretary also, that you will assemble the Captains of the Fleet, explain Things to them, and desire they will chuse two from amongst themselves, to act with our Captains and Secretarys, and such officers as General Vaughan shall appoint on the part of the Army by which all things will go smoothly on, which I know is your wish, equally as much as mine I accordingly assembled the Captains; when they [[catchword]] most [[/catchword]]
