[Cape Fear, March 13 ー April 17, 1776]
There I Continued for above a Month, sometimes on Board, sometimes on shore, casting an anxious Eye every day towards the Cape, in expectation of a signal for the Fleet, but neither that nor any vessel from the northward appeared, so that I had the mortification to see the sultry, unhealthy season approaching us with hasty strides, when all thoughts of military operations in the Carolinas must be given up: while my ignorance of the Commander in Chiefs Proceedings and intentions rendered me incapable of forming any Plan of junction or cooperation, & to add to our apprehensions not a fort nights Provision were left to either men of war or army. I. Manuscript history of the Revolution by Sir Henry Clinton, CL.