George Bridges Rodney, Letters relative to the capture of Saint Eustatius, 1781. Introduction and index by K.G. Davies. Shannon Ireland: Irish University Press, 1972

A published facsimile copy of a pamphlet Letters from Sir George Bridges Rodney now Lord Rodney to his Majesty’s Ministers, &c. &c. relative to the Capture of St. Eustatius and its Dependencies . . . (London: printed by A. Grant, MDCCLXXXIX [1789]).

Letter of 27 April 1781, page 76: Hawkins mentioned as acquitted for loss of HMS Deal Castle and sent home with dispatches, recommended to their Lordships as “an active and brisk officer.”