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The Subscriber would beg leave to inform the Honorable Board that Capt Archibald Duthie in a large Ship from Jamaica of which he was Master bound for London, laden with Sugar and Rum, was taken about three Weeks since by the private Schooner of War, Sturdy Beggar, owned by the Subscriber; and before she could be got into any Harbour, she was retaken by the Viper Ship of War/ and in all...
Date: 29 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Yours of the 17th Ulto I have recd As to the Massachusets raising more Men ー would say the sea ports are draind very much by those going a privateering &c. and the late success of One belonging here (Capt White) who with Another has taken four ships &c. two are in att the Eastward. One between 4 & 500 hhd laid Barbadoes Sugars the Others from Antigua his success, now with two Other...
Date: 6 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
To the Honorable the Council of the State of
Massachusetts Bay in New England,
The prayer of your Petitioner humbly Shewethー
That they have fitted the Schooner called the General Gates in a Warlike manner mounting Eight carriage Guns and carrying Forty men whereof William Carlton is commander and John Gardner jun & Partners are owners, with an intention of cruising and making Captures of the...
Date: 8 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
As my Health will not permit me to attend my Duty at the Board at Present, I take the freedom to Inform You that the Brigg Massachusetts is nearly fixed & has onbord 97 Men, 2/3 of which having Entered within this 4 Days.
Nothing seems now to be wanting but 4 or six Guns, & three Small sails, &, both Guns & sails I find to be totally out of my Power to Procure, without the Aid of...
Date: 19 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
The Petition of William Pringle late Commander of Ship Anna Maria. ー Humbly Sheweth
That on the 5th July last, your Petitioner, in the Ship Anna Maria, of which he was Master, bound from Barbadoes to London, was taken by the Private Sloop of War, called the Revenge, Commanded by Capt Joseph White, and about the 18th of said Month brought into Salem.ー
That your Petitioner, having a Family in...
Date: 26 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Recd of Capt william bartlett the Sume of fifty six pounds four shillings in full for One Sixteenth Part of A Scho , (now fitting for A Privateere) As Shee Arived from the Eastward Excluding Her Cargoe of Lumber &c with Her Sparrs & plank She Brought upon Deck
Date: 31 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
That your Petitioners are now fitting out, and have almost compleated for Sea, a Private Sloop of War called the Revenge of Ninety Tons burthen, to be mounted with twelve Guns from four to Six pounders, owned by the Subscribers, and whereof Benjamin Warren is intended to be Master; to be maned by eighty men, to be victualled with thirty Barrels of Pork, fivety Barrels of Beef and Seventy Barrels...
Date: 4 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
As to trade there is but very little what there is. is chiefly in the West India way, but that is very much Obstructed by the Milford & Liverpool & Viper who seem to be stationd this way. and take more or less every week. we were in hopes the Continental ships would have been att sea before this, but dont see any prospect of there being likely to get to sea: A Month to come, the complaint...
Date: 11 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
The Humble petition of William Pascall, steerage Passenger, On Board The Ship Anna Maria William Pringle ー Commander from Barbadoes, ー Bound for London and taken by the Privateer sloop Revenge, of Salem, Joseph White Commander.
Sheweth, That whereas, I hear of a Ship in Boston Harbour, purchased by Mesrs Ross and hiorgan of said Boston, with intent of carrying Passengers to London.ー
I humbly...
Date: 18 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
it is this Day agreed Between Stephn Cleveland of the one part in behalf of the Continent By order & Consent of Jno Bradford Esqr Continental agent and William Herrick on the other part for him Self, that I Sd Cleveland in Behalf as Before Sd Doth by these presents agree to Give the Sd Herrick the Sum of four pounds Sixteen Shillings Lawfull money for Each & Every month from this Date...
Date: 21 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Last Evening, The Massachusets, Capt [Daniel] Souther comandr of the Brigantine belonging to this State, Arrived here, and Informs me that a few days After he Sailed, he fell in with & Took a Brigantine of Abt 250 Tons, from Falmouth in England, mounting Six Three Pound Cannon, & having on board a Capt & about 20 Privates, of the 16th Regt of Dragoons, with their Horses &...
Date: 3 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6
The Committee of Correspondence, Inspection & Safety of the town of Salem, humbly shewー
That divers of the subjects of the king of Great Britain taken in vessels in his immediate service, & on board merchant vessels, are now resident in this town & in other maritime towns, that their numbers are daily increasing, as prizes are brought in, that the resolves of Congress respecting...
Date: 30 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6
I John Burrows of Salem in the County of Essex in New England Mariner being of Lawful Age testify and say that about 20th March last I sailed from the West Indies in the Brigantine Kingston Packet Samuel Ingersol Master bound for Salem afsd or any Port we could first make in the Bay Government that on or about the 18th Day of April last we Struck soundings on Georges Bank and from thence we...
Date: 1 November 1776
Volume: Volume 7
Articles agreed upon between Capt Abijah Boden Commander of the Privateer Sloop of war called the Rover on the One part, and the Said Sloops Company on the Other part Witnesseth —
1st That the said Capt Abijah Boden for himself and In behalf of the Owners of Said Sloop Rover, shall put on Board her great guns, Swivels, Powder Shot and all other Warlike Stores and Provisions sufficient for the...
Date: 13 November 1776
Volume: Volume 7
Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety
Salem November 25th 1776
Return of the Names of Prisoners, who are not Prisoners of War, and who have not entered on board any American armed vessel, — now in Salem —
William Pennock
Thomas Millar
John Bishop
John Bradford
John Fletcher
Thomas Badford
Richard Blyth
Gilbert Strachan
John Farrah
John Sylvin
Benjamin Burton
James Reed...
Date: 25 November 1776
Volume: Volume 7
I hereby certify that William Carlton of Salem is appointed to the command of the private armed Schooner True American in the room of Daniel Hathorne the late commander, who in .said Schooner is lately returned from a cruise against the enemies to the United States, after having taken & sent in four or five prizes.
Date: 3 December 1776
Volume: Volume 7
The Committee would inform the Honorable Board that the foregoing List 2 was forwarded, immediately after it was taken; but the Committee having made enquiry last Evening, of the Honorable Mr [Daniel] Hopkins, what had been done upon the matter, he informed them that he had never heard any mention made of it at the Board, and therefore concluded that it must have been mislayd. The...
Date: 9 December 1776
Volume: Volume 7
In complyance with an Order of Council of the 11th Instant, directed to this Committee, they have apprehended, and caused to be confined, all Masters Mariners and Seamen, taken on the High Seas, who have not entered into the Service of this or some of the united States and were Resident in this Town.
The Mariners and Seamen the Committee were under the disagreeable necessity of committing to the...
Date: 23 December 1776
Volume: Volume 7
I have a Ship of thre Hundred & fifty Tons, & a Brigt of two Hundred& Eighty, at Portsmouth, nearly Loaded ー I shall be willing to Charter them to the state if the terms will sute me ー they have as Cargo upwards of five Hundred Thousands of Boards, Hopes & Staves-about One Hundred Cask of Herren & some Shingles ー I am Content you should have the whole paying me the first Cost...
Date: 3 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I received your letter of the 1st Instant informing me that the Board of War would take all the Woollen Goods Pease and Medicines taken on board the Prize Ship Royal Charlotte, and desiring I w ould send them up by the first opportunity; but I think it will be more regular for some person to be here in behalf of the Board to receive the Goods take an Accot of the quantity and see to the Shiping...
Date: 3 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8