Major Genl
Earl Cornwallis

These Sea worthies plague me to death upon a Subject I must not pretend to understand ー I have proposed that Your Lordships Ship, Your humble Servants, & such light Transports as can go in should proceed immadiately to Bull's Bay, which place for many reasons I prefer ー our only [reason] I shall trouble you with, which is the proximity of that place to the Continent from whence alone I can expect to get intelligence ー The Commodore seems to approve it and says that he with the rest of the Fleet will remain here or without the Bar of Charles Town till our Plan of operations is settled, but he gives me broad hints, as they do all indeed, that the Ships so anchored will not be in safety.

The Object is certainly worth an ending to but I must make the Commodore the best Judge, all I can say is that I will not attempt any thing blindfolded. I must reconnoitre the Object before I attempt it ー If there fore most of the Ships cannot be placed in safety at Bulls Bay, and the Commodore be satisfied with the Situation of the rest, I shall propose to him that the whole Fleet go over the Bar of Charles Town and there lay till the Plan of Attack can be formed. I am &c