Vice Admiral Molyneux Shuldham to Vice Admiral Richard Lord Howe, July 13, 1776

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Chatham off Staten Island
13th July 1776.

My Lord

The great Confusion in which I left my private Affairs in England when I was called upon and appointed to the Command of His Majesty's Fleet in America, requiring my Return, I beg the Favor your Lordship will give me Leave to proceed to Great Britain in any Manner You shall please to direct.²

I am less scrupulous in making this Request when I see so important a Trust under the Direction of so distinguished and experienced an Officer as your Lordship. I have the Honor to be Your Lordships [&c.]

M. Shuldham.

1. PRO, Admiralty 1/487.

2. Ibid., the next day Howe refused the request, stating: "the critical State of the King's Service at this Time, will not permit me to lessen with any Propriety the Naval Force attendant upon the Operations of the Army: Which Force is... already much inferior to the Occasion."

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Date

1776 July 13

Author

Shuldham, Molyneux (V. Adm., R.N.)

Volume

Recipient

Howe, Lord (V. Adm., R.N.)

Ships

Chatham

Series

American Theatre from May 9, 1776, to July 31, 1776

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