Eagle [at Sandy Hook, N.J.]
Tuesday 21: July 1778
Dr Sir/
Coll: Morris1 waiting upon you to communicate the intelligence he has collected, it becomes needless for me to recite any of the particulars.
He has shown me the position the French had taken on Waddel's Hill, from whence I conclude it is totally impracticable to make any attempt upon them. I conceived yesterday, that they were posted on this Side the Neversunk River.2 Our only caution on this Side, seems confined to any design that should be meditated, by the Neck, on Sandy Hook. Great threats are made, I find, against us on every part. I am Dr: Sir [&c.]
Howe
L, MiU-C, Sir Henry Clinton Papers. Addressed at foot: "Sr. H: Clinton K:B:" Addressed on cover: "His Excellency/The Commr in Chief/Head-Quarters/Howe.” Docketed: “Howe/July 1778.”
1. Lt. Col. John Morris, New Jersey Volunteers.
2. Navesink River, New Jersey.
