Volume 3
At a Meeting of the Committee of Safety.
Resolved, That the Prisoners confined by this Board, agreeable to the directions of Congress, be removed to the New Gaol, and that the following order be delivered:
In Committee of Safety.
Philad'a, 16th Dec'r, 1775.
You are hereby required to conduct the Soldiers & the three Sailors from Rhoad Island, 2 now Prisoners in your Gaol, to the... Continue Reading
Date: 16 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The officers of the Provincial arm'd Boats are hereby enjoined to observe the following Rules while stationed in the Barracks, that good order be supported and strict discipline maintained:
The Boats on their arrival at this City must be moored in some convenient Dock, and after a proper Guard is appointed to them, the Crews must be march'd in good order to the Barracks, where they will be... Continue Reading
Date: 16 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The action at the Great Bridge proves more important than we expected. The victory was complete. The enemy abandoned their post hastily, and retreated to Norfolk, their loss near an hundred. The Regulars, disgusted, refused to fight in junction with Blacks; and Captain Leslie, we are told, declared no more of his troops should be sacrificed to whims, and put them on board the ships, in... Continue Reading
Date: 16 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Last Tuesday [December 12] a vessel from the West Indies, for Norfolk, was made a prize of by a party of our troops, and carried into Hampton. Her cargo (which was intended for the use of our enemies) consisted of 2700 dollars, a large quantity of sugar, and several hogsheads of rum.
Date: 16 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Whereas the Committie of this County on the 17th day of July Last made a Certain Contract with Capt Paule White for the Importation of powd[er] & Lead which Contract have been Complyed with on the part of said Capt Paule White who hath Laid his Accot Before this Committie wherein it appea[rs] that the Vessell was Seized on Acc[ot] of the powder &c. but have Deliverd the powder & lead... Continue Reading
Date: 16 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Mr. President reported, that having yesterday, as desired, conversed with Capt. [Simon] Tufts respecting the command of the ship Prosper, that gentleman expressed so great a zeal for the public service, as to declare, that he shuld not look upon any exchange or alteration in his situation, that might be conducive to the public good, as a slight or disgrace; and he would readily and cheerfully... Continue Reading
Date: 16 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
By sundry persons and accounts just from Hoston, I am informed, that the Minesterial Army is in very great distress for want of fresh Provisions and having received intelligence that there are 200 fat Cattle on Block Island and some Transport Vessels cruizing that way, in quest of Necessaries for the Army, I must request you to have the Cattle &c removed from thence immediately, and from... Continue Reading
Date: 17 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Walter Logan Esqr appearing before me this Day Declares ー
That on the 19th day of April last, he went to Boston; The twenty fifth of said month Sailed for Halifax & Nova Scotia ー where he continued untill about the sixth day of October last, when he embarked for Boston in a Brigt Captain Hanes, loaded with Live Stock, where he arrived the 16th of said month, and on the 17th Demanded a Pass to... Continue Reading
Date: 17 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Governor Nicholas Cooke to the Rhode Island Delegates in the Continental Congress, December 17, 1775
You will find in the Providence Paper the latest Intelligence we have from Quebec. Palmer further informs us that the Breaches in the Walls had been repaired with Fascines; and that the Inhabitants were very generally determined not to engage in Defence of the Place. A Letter from Lieut. Col [Christopher] Greene dated the 23d ulto acquaints his Wife that they arrived before Quebec Ten Days too... Continue Reading
Date: 17 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
I returned from Ticonderoga to this place on the 15th instant & brought with me the Cannon, &c. It having taken nearly the time I conjectur'd it would to transport them here. ー It is not easy to conceive the difficulties we have had in getting them over the lake owing to the advanced Season of the Year & contrary Winds ー Three days ago it was very uncertain whether we could have... Continue Reading
Date: 17 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
December 1775
Saturday 16th
At Single Anchor Sandy Hook Light House SBE½S
fir'd 3 Shot at Different times to bring Vessels too coming in The first part Modt Breezes & Cloudy. The Remainder light winds & hazy wth Drizling rain. PM at 1 Weighed and came to Sail. at 5 Anchord wth the Small Bower in 14 Fathom Veerd to ½ A Cable Governor Island Bearing SE Distance ¾ Mile. Found riding... Continue Reading
Date: 17 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Your favour of the 14th came safe to hand last night, and I should esteem myself wanting in duty and respect to your honourable body if I did not take the earliest opportunity to express the high sense I have of the great honour done me by your resolution of the 13th instant, 2 and to assure the Convention that I consider my country's approbation of my conduct a sufficient reward for... Continue Reading
Date: 17 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
I just have time to inform you that we have at last got possession of the most horrid place I ever beheld; I mean Norfolk. Almost all the inhabitants fled on board the ships. Flags are continually passing, asking water, provision, or to exchange prisoners. Duty is harder than I ever saw before, our guards have not been relieved for [illegible] hours. The men of war fell down last evening about a... Continue Reading
Date: 17 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Being informed that the Rebels had procured some Cannon from North Carolina, and that they were also to be reinforced from Williamsburg, and knowing that our little Fort [at the Great Bridge] was not in a Condition to withstand any thing heavier than Musquet Shot, I thought it advisable to risque Something to save the Fort, as the loss of it was not only exposing the well disposed People of this... Continue Reading
Date: 17 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The following orders and letters were written:
In the Council of Safety, Dec. 17th, 1775.
Sir ー You are directed to confer with the Hon. William Henry Drayton and Doct. [David] Oliphant, upon taking post and erecting a fascine battery for four canon, eighteen pounders, at Haddrel's Point, with all convenient dispatch; and for this service you will order a detachment from the provincials,... Continue Reading
Date: 17 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Decembr 1775
Mondy 11
Remarks [at Quebec] &c
recd 2 Barrels of Beer
Fresh Gales with hard frost PM the Rebels at work in their Batterry we fired Several 32 and 24 pounders at it ー
Tuesdy 12th
Do Weather fired several Shells and Shot at the Rebels Batterry 2
Wednsdy 13
had a Sentry Killed by a Musquett Shot from the rebels recd a Hogshead of Beer
Thursdy 14... Continue Reading
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
General Montgomery informs me, that You desired me to send You an Account of the Number of Men, that I discharged between Albany & Tionderoga, therefore I would inform You, that I did not discharge any Men but only gave them a Furlough & that to the Connecticut Troops only, to pass to New England, as the Term of their Inlistment were not expired & I imagined they might be very... Continue Reading
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
You no doubt have heard of Captain Manly, who goes in a privateer out of this harbour, because his name is famous, and as many towns contend for the honour of his birth as there did for that of Homer's. Capt. Manly has brought into this harbour in the course of a fortnight two large brigs of 220 tons each, laden with military stores and provisions, two ships 300 ton each, laden with English goods... Continue Reading
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
We are maiking Approaches nearer the Enemy Constantly ー Cobble Hill was fortified without Molestation, which is situate very near them ー we are now fortifying on Leechmore's Point, but a very small distance from Boston, from which Place the Town can no doubt be distroyed Yesterday and this day they fired pretty briskly upon our People, but did little Execution.
You no doubt have seen an account... Continue Reading
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
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