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Last Thursday [June 15] one of the Providence packets, which had been arbitrarily seized by, and detained as a tender to, the men of war in this harbour, was sent up the Bay, 'tis supposed, to take a vessel which 'twas reported had gone up the back side of Connanicut; but unluckily she met with two arm'd vessels which fired upon her so warmly that she was obliged to tum tailto, but not being able...
Date: 19 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Yesterday Capt. William Dennis arrived here, in a sloop, from Philadelphia, loaded with flour, &c. Vessel and cargo taken under the protection of the men of war.1
The men of war in our harbour have, since our last, seized on 6 or 7 vessels in a fair trade, loaded with rum, sugar, molasses, and provisions; all which, 'tis supposed, will be applied to the support of the enemies to...
Date: 26 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Last Monday [July 3] the two men of war on this station sail'd to convoy two sloops bound to Boston; one of which sloops Capt. [William] Dennis, was loaded with flour, &c. from Philadelphia, the other a whaling sloop, which arrived here a few days before, her oil having been taken out, and we hear a load of rum, sugar and melasses taken out of a number of small craft, going up the river, was...
Date: 10 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Last Saturday [July 15] the King-fisher sloop of war arrived here, from a cruise up the sound, having driven one or two vessels ashore, and sent one brig to Boston.
Date: 17 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
From last Tuesday [July 18] about 2 o'clock, till near the same hour on the next day, this town was threatened to be fired upon from the three ships of war in this harbour, viz. the Rose, Captain [James] Wallace, the Swan, Capt. [James] Ayscough, and [the] King fisher, Capt. [James] Montagu, and also a tender: ー for which purpose these ships were brought close in with the Northwest part of the...
Date: 24 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Last Thursday [July 27] a large schooner came into this harbour, supposed from Boston, inquired for the men of war, and finding they were gone out, she immediately tacked and stood out again, in pursuit of them.
Last Saturday, the ships Rose, Swan and Kingfisher, with the above schooner, returned into this harbour, and brought in 2 brigs, and 3 sloops from the West Indies. They have released one...
Date: 31 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Last Thursday morning [August 3] the ships Rose and Swan sailed from this harbour, and carried with them a brig, belonging to Mr. William Tweedy, of this town, loaded with molasses,1 a sloop belonging to Connecticut, loaded with molasses, and a sloop freighted with sugar and molasses for New-York;2 these vessels, we hear, were sent to Boston; a brig and sloop belonging to...
Date: 7 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Fifteen transports and ships of war passed by this harbour last Saturday [August 5], supposed to be bound to Boston with the sheep, oxen, &c. taken from Fisher's and Gardner's Island.
The same day arrived here a ship of war, called the Glasgow; so that we are now protected by two ships of 20 guns, and one of 16, which is very lucky, as a Spanish war seems so very near, we having never before...
Date: 14 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
The Cerberus frigate, of 28 guns, was seen cruising a little to the westward of Point-Judith point several times last week.
Date: 13 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Capt. Thomas Stacey, of this place, whose vessel was lately seized by the Viper sloop of war, near Dominica, arrived passenger at Newbury the 28th ult. and came to town last Tuesday; who informs, that the people at Dominica were very violent against America; that Governor Shirley had issued a proclamation, making any person who would speak in favour of America liable to a fine of £ 5 sterling,...
Date: 20 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
A Few days past Messrs. Hubbard and Read, two millers, who were taken by the Swan, Captain [James] Ayscough, as they were coming down the river last winter in a small boat, came to town from the Eastward, having made their escape from the Swan at Liverpool, near Halifax; they say the men of war's people were at three quarters of an allowance.
Capt. Cottereil, who was taken going from this Colony...
Date: 3 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Within about a fortnight past, Capt. [John] Grimes, in one of our gallies, has grappled up 3 cables and anchors between this town and Connanicut, having been left by the ministerial pirates, when they were driven out of this harbour. Two of the cables are 16 inches, and the other 9; the largest anchor weighed 24 c. 2 qrs and 11 lb. marked with the Scarborough's name on the stock.
Capt. Robert...
Date: 24 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Mr. Samuel Buffum arrived in town last Thursday, in 4 weeks from Liverpool, 15 leagues from Halifax, and informs, that they had certain intelligence the day before he came off, that all the troops at Halifax were then embarked, to the amount of 10,000, but where bound was not known; that they had been embarked and disembarked several times before; that there were 10 sail of men of war in the...
Date: 1 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
The transport ship mentioned under the Williamsburg head 1 is one of the two taken by Capt. Biddle, in the Andrew Doria, some time past; twoof the hands, Messrs. Lawton and Gardner, of this town, who were put on board by Capt. Biddle arrived here last Friday from Virginia, but last from New York.
Date: 15 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Yesterday arrived here, from a cruise of about a month, the brig Andrew Doria, Capt. Biddle, who about ten days before took the ship Nathaniel and Elizabeth, Capt. [William] Hoar, from Jamaica to London, loaded with 300 hogsheads of sugar, 100 hogsheads of rum, &c. Capt. Philip, Brown, of this place, was put in prize-master, and ordered to the first port he could make. Capt. Biddle saw two...
Date: 22 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
The Jamaica ship lately taken by the brig Andrew Doria,1 Capt. Biddle, was last Friday chased ashore near Watch-hill, by the Cerberus, Capt. Simmons [John Symons], who had got almost within gunshot of her, but being afraid to risk his ship any nearer, was obliged to stand off again and leave her. The prize we hear, is a little bilged, but by the assistance of the Cabot and Connecticut...
Date: 29 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Last Friday se'nnight a sloop from Bermuda arrived at Nantucket, who the day before, to the southward of that island, saw 53 sail of square rigged vessels, standing to the westward; which 'tis likely, are part of the Hessian fleet.
Last Wednesday arrived at New-London, the sloop Betsey, Capt. Benjamin Bigelow, in 15 days from St. Eustatia, with a large quantity of duck, 6 tons of powder, some...
Date: 5 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Last evening a drowned man was found at gravelly point in this town; 'tis said he belonged to the Andrew Doria, Capt. Biddle, who sailed the day before with the Columbus.1
Date: 12 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Last Thursday arrived here, in about 18 days from St. Lucia, the brig Ludlow-Castle, Capt. Darling who informs that, a little before he sailed, there was a warm engagement in the West-Indies, between an American privateer, name unknown; and the British sloop of war, named Hawke, a well-known bird of prey; in which the Hawke was so much damaged, that she was obliged to make the best use of all her...
Date: 2 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
The Continental Cruiser, Andrew Doria, Capt. Nicholas Biddle, has taken 4 Prizes since he last sailed, viz. 1 large ship with near 15,000 bushels of wheat, which the Negro-catcher, Dunmore, loaded at Virginia and ordered for Halifax; a brig from Dunmore's fleet bound to the West-Indies, with a number of tories, and their household furniture, out of which he took some of the most valuable articles...
Date: 16 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6