Captain Charles Stuart to His Father, the Earl of Bute, January 29, 1776

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Boston, Jan. 29, 1776

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We remain here pretty much in the same state, waiting with anxiety for the Spring. The water is entirely froze over, except immediately in the Harbour, and able to bear an army, which obliges us to be particularly cautious with respect to the enemy's movements.

Their Navy seems to triumph over ours; they frequently take our store ships with impunity, but we have great expectations of our new Admiral, Lord Howe [sic Shuldham],² who is liked by everybody. I dare not say any more, for fear this letter may meet with the same fate as those I have already wrote.³

1. New Records of the American Revolution. The Letters, Manuscripts and Documents sent by Lieut-Gen. Sir Charles Stuart, to his Father, the Earl of Bute, 1775-79 and Letters of General Howe, General Clinton, and other Officers to Sir Charles Stuart, during the Revolution, 1779-81 (privately printed n.d.), 5, 6.

2. Probably a mistake in the printing. Admiral Shuldham had arrived in Boston December 30, 1775, succeeding Vice Admiral Samuel Graves.

3. In the same letter, Stuart had complained that some of his letters had been stopped because he was expressing his mind rather too freely.

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