by John Marshall

“ On the victorious 23d June, 1795, when no ships were in a situation to support him, but the Irresistible and Orion; undaunted by the heavy fire of nine sail of the enemy’s fleet, he boldly arrested their flight, at the very mouth of l’Orient; and to his intrepidity and perseverance, England stands chiefly indebted for the capture of three ships of the line.
“His benevolence as a man equalled his gallantry as an officer ”

“ At the commencement of the colonial war he joined the Roebuck, a new ship mounting 44 guns on two decks, and soon after entered upon a series of most active and perilous services, in the rivers Delaware and Chesapeake.
In the month of June, 1776, Captain Hamond accompanied Vice-Admiral Lord Shuldham and his military colleague, General Sir William Howe, on an expedition against New York. On the 3d July the fleet passed the bar at Sandy Hook, and anchored off Staten Island, which was taken possession of by the troops without resistance. ”

“ The ships sustained a heavy cannonade on passing the enemy’s batteries, by which the Roebuck had 10 men, including a Lieutenant, killed, and 18 wounded.
On the 23d July, 1777, Lord Howe sailed from Sandy Hook with a fleet of two hundred and sixty-seven sail, having on board a considerable body of troops, destined for the reduction of Philadelphia. Owing to calms and adverse winds, it was the 14th Aug. before his Lordship reached the Chesapeake. On the llth Sept. the Americans were defeated in a severe battle fought at Brandywine; General Washington fled to Philadelphia ”