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My dear Sir

We are not able yet to give you any account of the wandering Howe and his fleet, save that they were seen on the 7th instant off Sinapuxen stearing Southward. Our accounts from France say that George depends much on the desperate efforts that Howe & Cornwallis must make to redeem their Bankrupt honor. His present Manoeuvre seems the effort of a despair­ing Bankrupt — For what good can result from having multitudes of Men & Horses confined on board Ships at this season of the year, exposed to the torrid hell that beams upon their heads?. . .

P.S. Since neither the Northern or Southern posts of this day bring us any account of Howes fleet, I am almost sure that he is gone to Charles Town South Carolina, which, in its present state, against such a great Land & Sea force, cannot stand — It must fall — Curse on his Canvass Wings — Tis an unfair advantage they take of us —