Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé sending congratulations on the surrender of the islands of St Eustatius, St Martin and Saba, enclosing an agreement drawn up between Army and Navy commanders concerning the islands (0614), and giving an account of his and the Navy's successful activities in the area, including the capture of rich Dutch convoys.
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3 American are, it is only to state the Number & Rank of each Corps, to make an equal [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] [[addition]] share to every man, [[/addition]] which is my aim, in order not only to prevent the smallest degree of Jealousy, but to preserve the most perfect and unninterrupted Harmony, and good understanding, between His Majesty’s forces both by Sea & Land If you can have patience to read it, I will give you an account of myself, from my arrival in these Seas. My passage was fine to Barbadoes, but give weeks & four days form St. Helens, thought I accompanied the Transports Storeships & Trade, to the South west of the Island of Corvo, and being then [[catchword]] perswaded [[/catchword]]
