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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11 I therefore scrawl in a hurry, having many Friends to give a line to. May I beg you will do me the honor of present my most humble & unfeigned Duty to their Majesty’s. I am impatient to hear how our Amiable Young Prince does, after his Long Cruize, [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] which I fear must have occasioned short allowance in many Articles — and to be told His Royal Highness returned in Health, will be joy to me not to be expressed. I have the plesure to assure you of my being perfectly [[addition]] ^ well, [[/addition]] and that I shall ever remain My dear General Your very much obliged & most faithful humble Servant Saml Hood


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