[New York] Friday, 3d. January.
Lord H[owe]. who has been indisposed for two or three Days with a bilious Cholic, was happily recovered this Morning. Under Providence, what immense Consequences depend at present upon this single Man's Life!
Many Prizes brought in & more expected from the Delaware. We have about 8 Cruizers in that Part, which are likely to incercept [i.e., intercept] a large Number of Vessels from the W. Indies & other Parts, who have no Intimation, and can have none of this Arrangement.
1. Tatum, ed., Serle's Journal, 168.
