Providence Decem 13th 1775
Sir
I send you by the Advice of his Excellency General Washington Mr [Henry Edwin] Stanhope late a Lieutenant on board the Glasgow, 2 and Mr. Robinson late a Midshipman on board the Asia who are not to leave North Hampton until they are properly discharged They go under the Care of Capt. Dunn and of my Son Nicholas Cooke jun. I inclose you a Promise signed by each of them. Mr Stanhope is a Gentleman of Rank being Nephew to Lord Stanhope and to the Duke of Chandois. The other I am informed is a Person of a pretty good Family in England. I am, Sir [&c.]
Nich. Cooke
1. Letters from the Governor, 1768-1777, vol. 2, R.I. Arch.
2. Stanhope, an acting lieutenant, was seized on a wharf in Newport on the night of November 30, 1775; see journal of the Glasgow, that date, Volume 2, 1205.
