Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé reporting on escorting the Jamaica convoy to New York [?], complaining of the time this was likely to take and what actions should be being taken by the British fleet to patrol against the enemy's movements, and giving his opinion of Adm. Pigot, expressing sympathy for his lack of experience at sea, and for the lack of anyone to give him worthy advice.
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from the mast heads: and as Admiral Pigot did not approve of sending a squadron equal to Vaudrenil’s, to precede the Convoy, I concluded he would leave a sufficient number of ships, with Admiral Graves, to have insured protection to the charge under his care into the lattitude of Bermuda and then have pushed on himself, with the rest of his fleet, as expeditiously as possible to New York, causing the Cheaspeapeak to be looked at by his scouting frigates, for admitting he thought it probable, he should find the Enemy superior to him upon the American coast, he might have directed the flag officer he had detached to look out for him, at any bearing and distance he pleased from Cape Henry, and I think each squadron would have gott there about the same time, since he tows the prizes with him; and had the Commander in Chief arrived first and judged it right to proceed on to New York, he had only to leave frigate upon the Rendezvous, to give the information; but doubtless, from the nature of his orders he may have solid & substantial reasons for what he does, which I am not acquainted with. A circumstance strikes me very forcibly, that seems not to be attended to; [[catchword]] The [[/catchword]]
