Letter from Rear-Adm. Lord Hood to General Jacob de Budé expressing eagerness to hear news from England [apparently in connection with political matters], reporting the capture of a French frigate by Prince William's ship, his approval of the Prince's character and the recent arrival of 'the Blue Ribbon' for the Prince, and on his own improving health and stamina, and on his concern at the current situation in America.
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New York Octr. 5th. 1782 My dear General I troubled you with a long narrative of different dates by the Southhampton, which left this port the 15th. of last month, and I hope & trust is now within a few days sail of England. We have been upon the tenterhook of expectation of News from your side of the water for some time past, and still continue to be so; The latest letters from England bear no fresher date than the 6th of July. I pray God grant most devoutly; we may soon hear, that an administration is fixed, which has the confidence of our most gracious master, and the whole nation! such a ministry would I flatter myself, sett us firm upon our Legs, and enable us to subdue our host of Enemies. The Warwick with Prince William on board returned here the 27th of last month, with a very large french frigate named La Aigle, which was forced on shore in the Delaware, her masts [[catchword]] were [[/catchword]]
