Volume 9
. . . The Congress is not yet got down. Capt Hodge is up atPoughkeepsie to assist in bringing her down & not a Gun on Board his own Ship.2 I will send to· Palmer & try to prevail on him to take Command of the Shark3 tho' I despair of his doing it, in the Mean Time I will look out for somebody Else that will. We shall want Artillery Men much, we hant a Man to a Gun I... Continue Reading
Date: 3 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
Under this and other Covers by the same Conveyance, you will receive the Judgments and Minutes of several Courts Martial held in this Fleet on different Occasions.
Upon the Subject of that assembled the 23d of January herewith enclosed, for the Trial of the First Lieutenant, Gunner and Gunner's Crew of the Diamond by Order of Sir Peter Parker, in consequence of a Letter from Captain [Charles]... Continue Reading
Date: 3 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
James M'Coy second Lieutenant of the Experiment Galley and Philip Ardel second Lieutenant of the Effingham Galley having been guilty of Misemeanours were both try'd by a Court Martial and broke —
Date: 3 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
You are hereby ordered & Directed Imediately to Cleare Such People as are now in Helth onbord the Cartill this Day aryved from Halifax, & take onshore at the Pest House, those who are now sick with the small pox, & see that they are properly taken Care of. you are Also Directed to Clean the Vessell in order that she may Imediately [be] brought to Town with safety2 To The... Continue Reading
Date: 4 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I wrote to Mr Ellery some time ago for the Petition or Complaint against me, but he did not get it for me. These are to desire you 'to get and send to me, an Attested Copy of all the Complaints against [me] to Congress or to the Marine Board, if it is in your power to procure them — if not, please to let me know the reason I can't have them, and you will oblige. Sir [&c.]
Date: 4 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
[Rhode Island] 4th July This being the first Anniversary of the declaration of the Independency of the Rebel Colonies, they ushered in the morning at Providence by firing 13 Cannon, (One for each Colony we suppose). At 12 o'Clock the three Rebel Frigates that lie at and near Providence fired 13 Guns each, and at one, 13 Guns were fired from their Fort at Rowland's ferry. At Sunset the Rebel... Continue Reading
Date: 4 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
Voted & resolved, that no Board wages when suitable Provision was made on board shall be allowed to the Officers and Men on board the ship Oliver Cromwel in the settlement of their Accounts antecedent to the fourteenth day of April 1777 except such Officer, Marine or Mariner, was so sick as that his Continuance on board would have endangered his Life or the Health of others on board sd Ship.
Date: 4 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
Agreed — that 1 12 Pr on travelling Carriage & that with the new Trunnion be sent to Fort Montgomery; that the 9 Prs at Fort Constitution be immediately put on Board the ship Congress;2 - that Lt [Daniel] Shaw of sd ship command the galley Shark;3—that Col [John] Lamb be ordered to Ft Montgomy with a Reinforcement of Arty; — that the 2 12 Prs be sent for from N Windsor... Continue Reading
Date: 4 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
William Greenway and Joseph Bradford having Petition'd forCommissions and being well recommended, they were appointed to the Command of the Guard Boats, Harnett & Wasp, the Board gave them their Commissions and swore them accordingly —
Date: 4 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
. . . I have reced intelligence that two of the british Cruisers went into Chingoteague the day before yesterday & took possession of the Vessells in that port except two or three which were up some of the Creeks the same attempt upon our Harbour I think may undoubtedly be expected — I cou'd wish that a kind of Row Galley or Gondalo coud be constructed which to act in Conjunction with our... Continue Reading
Date: 4 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
His Majesty's sloop Ajax, the 1st inst, about nine leagues from hence, fell in with an American privateer of 14 guns, schooner rigged, which she fought five glasses; and after shooting away her enemy's ensign staff she made of. The Ajax received so much damage during the action, in which almost all her crew were either killed or wounded, that she was disabled from pursuing her antagonist. The... Continue Reading
Date: 4 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
Nova Scotia
Court of Vice
Admiralty
Cause
J Hanes Esqr Commander of his Majesty's Ship of War the Albany VS the Sloop William & Barbara & Cargo —
5 June 1777
Libell filed & entred, Order made thereon as on file Registers Office June 9th 1777 —
George Harris, Purser of his Majes y's Ship of War the Albany, being duly Sworne, Deposeth, that on their Passage from... Continue Reading
Date: 5 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
We the Subscribers eing Appointed with others by the Honobl Council of Warr to propose a plan for the purchase of Two Suitable Vessills for Cruizers, and for the Voiages of Three Vessels to be fitted out by the State to procure Necessarys for the Inhabitents and the Armey haveing tacen the Same in to Consideration find it a Very Difficult Matter, our own State being Blocked up and the Vessills... Continue Reading
Date: 5 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
An Account of the Expences of the [burnt] & Prizes taken at Long Island —
[New Haven]
1776 [1777]
To Cash gave to the Officers belonging to the Grayhound Ship of War2 to Beare their Expences to New York
1 .. 4.. 0
June 16
To Cash gave the Gard for their Expences
2 .. 0 .. 0
To Cash gave Jacob Willis for going to New York Express
1 . 10.. 0
To Cash paid Jacob Willis... Continue Reading
Date: 5 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
The General meaning to withdraw the Army from the Jerseys into Staten Island preparatory to the intended Operations of the Campaign, the Rebels affected to meditate some Interruption to the Movement. But their advanced Corps, consisting of about three thousand Men, being vigorously attacked by part of the Troops forming the Right Column of the Army under Lord Cornwallis, on the 26th of last Month... Continue Reading
Date: 5 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
. . . Our situation is truly delicate and perplexing, and makes us sensibly feel now as we have often done before the great advantage they derive from their navy. — But we are doing the best we can in our circumstances and keep in sight the difficult objects to which they may direct their attention. — As the information from the Northward was such as merited notice, I have sent a reinforcement... Continue Reading
Date: 5 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
Whereas, the Secret Committee, by the absence of a number of the members, are reduced to two,
Resolved, That a new committee, to be styled, the Committee of Commerce, be now appointed, to consist of five members; that this committee be vested with the powers granted to the Secret Committee, and that the remaining members of the late Secret Committee be directed to settle and close their accounts... Continue Reading
Date: 5 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
It is expected that the Continental Sloop Independence under your command is now ready to proceed to France agreeable to the directions sent you a few days since. You will receive herewith sundry dispatches from the Committee of Foreign Affairs arid Secret Committee respecting which you will obey such orders as they may give. You are to proceed in said Sloop from Senepuxent for the Port of Nantes... Continue Reading
Date: 5 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
July 1777
Friday 4
Martyrs S 21 10 Lges
½ past 5 AM Commodore made our Signal to Chace to No do gave Chace at 11 Spoke the Chace a Spanish Brigg from Mississippi.
First part Light airs & cloudy, Middle & latter Heavy rain with Thunder & Lightning. At ½ past 11 PM a Flash [of] Lightning Shivered the Main Mast & Gaff in several splinters, started two planks on the Starboard Bow... Continue Reading
Date: 5 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
From the Jamaica Gazette.
Kingston, July 5.
The ship Elizabeth, Capt. Byrne, about three weeks ago on her passage from Liverpool to this port, after an obstinate engagement of three glasses, was taken off Deseada by a sloop privateer, under the Congress colours, called the Fly, Capt. Palmer, mounting 14 six-pounders, 25 swivels, and had on board 106 men, all French except the Commander, she was... Continue Reading
Date: 5 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
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