| Collection | De Budé Papers |
| Reference | GEO/ADD/15/0680 |
| Record Type | Correspondence |
| Title | Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé describing in detail successful British naval action against the French earlier in the month [presumably the Battle of the Saintes] and his great disappointment that the French fleet was not pursued, enclosing various letters exchanged between himself and Sir George Rodney [0681], and a list of French ships taken. |
| Date | 13 April 1782 |
| Writer | Hood, Samuel, Rear-Admiral Sir |
| Addressee | Budé, Jacob de, General |
| Description | 'Rejoice my dear General rejoice, and give God thanks His Majesty's fleet has given such a beating, to that [underlined] of France, as no great fleet ever had before.'
'Had I my dear General have had the honor [sic] of commanding His Majesty's noble fleet yesterday; I may without the imputation of vanity say, the Flag of Island, would at this hour have graced the sterns of twenty sail at least [underlined] of the enemy's ships of the Line.' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 1 document |
| Physical Description | Loose manuscript papers; mounted |
| Document Image | 
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| Level | Item |