Copy, UkLPR, Adm. 1/5310, fol. 207. Addressed after close: “To Captian Hudson/ Orpheus." This letter read at the court-martial of Capt. Charles Hudson for the loss of H.M. frigate Orpheus held at New York on 28 Sept. 1778 in H.M.S. Royal Oak. Capt. John Symons of H.M. frigate Cerberus, Capt. Hugh Dalrymple of H.M. frigate Juno, and Capt. Richard Smith of H.M. frigate Lark also received this letter, ibid, fols, 197–8, 182, and 187. The copies read at the respective courts-martial exhibit minor differences of style, except for Dalrymple's copy, the final sentence of which read: "you had better give directions to the Masters of the Ships if that should be the case to destroy their Vessels."
