Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé reporting that British ships have put to sea and are waiting to protect the Jamaican convoy from possible attack, reporting advice that he had given to Adm. Pigot with regard to reconnoitring along the American coast, which had been followed, and reporting on recent actions by British ships.
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Ship and a Brig are no standing towards the Havanna from the Western quarter, the Jupiter and enterrpize are gone after them, I shall therefore drop my pen, for the present, and resume it again upon the appearance of the Convoy. August 6th. No convoy in sight [[deletion]] of the convoy [[/deletion]]. The Jupiter lost the ship in the night, and fell in with two Polacres from Marseilles to the Bay of Campeachy, and the enterprize took the Brig an American Privateer, which had cruized five weeks and taken nothing. The ship was her consort, of 20 Guns called the Count De Grasse which was seen this morning early and chaced ashore not far from the entrance to Havanna harbour, by the Tartar, and upon the Jupiter coming up, the Count de Grasse was sett fire to, by her own people, soon burnt to the water’s edge and blew up. I wish very much to gett hold of a small coaster or two that we might know, whether Don Galvez came with his Troops from the Cape with Solano, for from that knowledge much may be gathered, respecting, the Enemy’s designs, after the hurricane months are past. I gave a hint of this last Night, finding a little coaster within our reach, was neglected, to be gott hold in the morning. Most affectionately yours. Hood
