Copy, UkLPR, Adm. 1/5310 fol. 203. This was read into the record at the court-martial of Capt. John Brisbane held on board H.M.S. Royal Oak off Staten Island on 28 Sep. 1778 to investigate the loss of H.M. frigate Flora.
1. The officers involved in the conference were: Maj. Gen. Sir Robert Pigot, commander-in-chief; Maj. Gen. Richard Prescott; Brig. Gen. Francis Smith; Capt. John Brisbane, H.M. frigate Flora, senior naval officer commanding; Capt. Richard Smith, formerly of H.M. frigate Lark; Capt. Hugh Dalrymple, formerly of H.M. frigate Juno; Capt. Charles Hudson, H.M. frigate Orpheus; Capt. John Symons, formerly of H.M. frigate Cerberus; Cmdr. Harry Harmood, H.M. ship-rigged sloop-of-war Falcon; and Comdr. Hugh Cloberry Christian, formerly of H.M. ship-rigged sloop-of-war Kingsfisher.
2. The Boston-Gazette reported that the British eventually sank eleven transports between Goat Island and Rose Island. Boston-Gazette, 17 Aug. 1778. For a list of transports sunk, see Howe to Brisbane, 4 Aug., note 6, above.
