Eagle, Hudson's River June the 25th 1777.
Rendezvous for Transports.
If you think you shall not be able to join the Fleet by keeping the Course steered at the time of your Separation, you are to proceed as the Wind is most favorable for making the quickest Passage, either to New York, Rhode Island, Whorekill Road within Cape Henlopen at the Entrance of the River Delaware, or to Chesapeak Bay within the Capes of Virginia; at each of which Anchorages you will find Ships of War to give you Protection, or conduct you to the Fleet. But if any Ships of War of the Squadron are in company with you at the time of your Separation, you are to be governed in your future Proceedings in quest of the Fleet by the Directions of the Senior Commander thereof.
Howe
1. Collection of Lord Hotham, Yorkshire (East Riding) County Record Office, England.