to wave the attempt of the total destruction of your Town, which
I feel confident can be effected by the Squadron under my Orders.

I am
Gentn
Your most obedient servant,
T. M. HARDY, Captain.

_To Doctor_ LAW [_Lord_] _and Colonel_ Williams,
_Stonington_.

In reprinting the response of the civil authorities of Stonington, to
the foregoing letter, on page 17, _ante_, an error in the date should
have been corrected. It was written and despatched on the _eleventh_ of
August.

The following note acknowledges the explanation sent by General Isham,
of the circumstances under which a flag of truce from the _Ramillies_,
was fired upon by a sentinel at the Battery, on the morning of the 11th
(see pages 16, 17, and note 10).

_Ramillies, off Stonington_,
_11th August, 1814._

Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, apologizing
for the Flag of Truce I sent on shore this morning, having been fired
at; and I beg to assure you that under the Circumstances you have
stated, the apology is perfectly satisfactory.

I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant,
T. M. HARDY, Captain.

_To Brigadier_ ISHAM--_Commanding at Stonington_.

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