Raisonable [off Swan Point, Maryland] 13 Septr 1777
Sir
I would have you proceed with the Victuallers under your Convoy immediately to the Entrance of the Bay, agreeable to my Letter to you of this Morning, & if Captain Parker should be there deliver to him the letter you will receive herewith, but if he should be gone out, you will in that Case be pleased to Order such Ship, or Ships, to Convoy the said Victuallers to the Delaware as you may think Necessary for their Safety. with orders to their Commanders to return here again so soon as they have put the Victuallers into safe custody of any of his Majestys Ships in the Delaware. I am Sir [&c.]
Thos Fitzherbert2
1. William Cornwallis Papers, Letter Book (December 23, 1776-July 22, 1778), 53, NYHS.
2. On this day Cornwallis received orders from Vice Admiral Lord Howe to join him in the Delaware, William Cornwallis Papers, Letter Book (December 23, 1776-July 22, 1778), 54, NYHS.
