Isis off Billing'spt. Novr. 10th. 1777.—
Dear Sir
I have been just favor'd with yours & Shall immediately move the ship down as near the Cheveaux de frize. as possible & if I am not thought to be perfectly safe there, we shall be ready to drop through. But for my part I think there's more danger to be apprehended in moving in the night then there would be from the Rebel Red Hot Shot.—I am [&c.]
Wm. Cornwallis
LB, NHi, William Cornwallis Papers, Letter Book, 139. Addressed at foot of letter: "To/Captain Hamond/Roebuck.—"