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Having laid before my Lords Commrs of the Admty your Letter of the 27t Instant, informing them that there are now 123 Rebel Prisoners confined at Forton, and more soon expected to be committed there, and 234 at Plymouth, and desiring if their Lordships should judge it proper that any farther provision should be made at those Places for other such Prisoners, you may receive their Orders for it,...
Date: 30 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I have received and communicated to My Lords Commissrs of the Admty your three Letters of the 10th, 19th 21st July last with their several Inclosures, And in return I am to acquaint you that a Frigate will soon be stationed on the Coast of Portugal, which it is hoped will take or drive away the Privatiers mentioned in the Intelligence contain'd in one of your said Letters. I am &c.
Date: 11 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
Navy Board having represented to my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, That the 16th Article of the Act of Parliament passed in the 31st Year of His late Majesty's Reign, for the Encouragement of Seamen employed in the Royal Navy, which strictly enjoins the Commanders of His Majesty's Ships to send home compleat Muster-Books every Two Months, is not properly complied with; which occasions much...
Date: 15 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
My Lords Commissrs of the Admty having received from Mr [William] Frazer Secretary to the Earl of Suffolk, a Paper giving an Account that two Ships called de Watergus, Capt Chatelain from St Eustatia to Middleburg, and de Hoop, Captn Hogerzeyl also from St Eustatia to Wissingen, were taken on the 19th of June, by His Majesty's Ship the Seaford, & carried into Antigua;2 I am...
Date: 16 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
My Lords Commissrs of the Admty having taken into Consideration the Petition you transmitted to me in your Letter of the 19th Inst signed by sixteen Rebel Prisoners confin'd in Forton Prison, wherein they pray to have the liberty to enter into the Service of His Majesty on board the Monarch; I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you that as the Petitioners are committed by a Magistrate...
Date: 25 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I am commanded by my Lords Commissrs of the Admty to signify their direction to you to order the Commanders of His Majts Ships Bedford & Asia & also the Cameleon Sloop when she arrives at Plymouth, to put to Sea without one Moments Loss of time, & to proceed & cruize upon the Stations against each exprest on the other side hereof for the protection of the Trade of His Majesty's...
Date: 26 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I have communicated to my Lords Commissrs of the Admty your Letter of Yesterdays date, informing them of the Lexington Privatier having brought into the Downes which had been taken on the 19th Instant, by His Majesty's Cutter the Alert, commanded by Lieut [John] Beazley, about 30 Leagues to the Westward of Ushant, after a gallant & well disputed Action of several Hours; And I am commanded by...
Date: 26 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I have communicated to my Lords Commrs of the Admty your Letter of the 25th Inst informing them of the arrival of the Alert Cutter commanded by Lieut [John] Bazely with 67 American Rebel Prisoners taken in the Lexington Privatier after an Engagement of several hours, and that Mr Bazely having some papers of Consequence, you have thought proper to send him up to this Office by Express, which I am...
Date: 27 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I have the honor to send your Lordship herewith Duplicates of my two Letters of the 20th and of two others of the 23d of last month.
In one of those of the last mentioned Dates, I acknowledged the Receipt of your several Letters, of the 18th & 29th June, 3d 5th & 9th July number'd 32 to 36 inclusive; And having since received the directions of my Lords Commrs of the Admty upon the subject...
Date: 27 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
Having communicated to my Lords Commrs of the Admty your Letter of Yesterdays Date, informing them that Mr Clement Smith late Surgeon of the Lexington Prize, is now on board His Majs Ship under your Command, a Prisoner, and desiring to know in what manner he is to be dispos'd of; I am in return commanded by their Lordships to signify their direction to you to send him to Spithead by the...
Date: 27 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
Lieutenant Bazely of His Majestys Cutter Alert having in a Letter from Plymouth dated the 24th Instant, transmitted to my Lords Commissrs of the Admty ten Letters from the persons residing in France calling themselves Commissrs on behalf of the American Congress, and from other people, all which he found on board the Lexington Privatier lately taken by him; I am commanded by their Lordships to...
Date: 29 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
The West India Merchants having upon an Attendance on my Lords Commrs of the Admty, desir'd that Convoys may be appointed to proceed to England, the ensuing Year on the 30th April, 15th June, and 1st Augt; I am commanded by their Lordships to signify their direction to you to appoint Convoys to be ready to sail from St Christophers on those days accordingly, directing the Commanding Officers of...
Date: 30 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
The West India Merchants having upon an Attendance on my Lords Commrs of the Admty desir'd that Convoys may be appointed to proceed to England the ensuing Year on the 30th April, 15th June, and 1st August; I am commanded by their Lordships to signify their direction to you to appoint Convoys to be ready on those days accordingly, directing the Commanders of such Convoys to assemble and depart...
Date: 30 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
My Lords Commissrs: of the Admiralty having appointed His Majesty's Ship the Boston, Captain Dudingstone,1 to lay in Kingroad to be ready at all times to proceed to Sea when he shall receive Information of any American Privatiers being in Bristol or St: George's Channel; I am commanded to signify their Lordships direction, if you should at any time receive...
Date: 6 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11
I had the honor to receive on the 1st: of December, by Major Cuylor,1 your Lordships several Dispatches from No: 38 to 43 inclusive, giving accounts of the proceedings of His Majts: Ships left in Hudson's River under the Command of Commodore Hotham as well as those more immediately under your Lordships Eye up to the 23rd: of October last,...
Date: 7 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11
I had scarce closed my Dispatches of the 7th: Instant,1 when I had the honor to receive your Lordships Letter No 44 dated from the Delaware, the 23th: Novr: last,2 giving an Account of the Preparations made on the part of the Fleet, & the Success which attended them in reducing the Works which the Rebels has constructed to...
Date: 9 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11
Having laid before my Lords Commissrs. of the Admiralty your Letter of the 2d. instant, enclosing Extracts of two Letters from Wm Mathew Burt Esqr. Govr. of the Leeward Islands dated the 17th of Sept last, giving an accot. of the Steps he had taken (& the success with which they had been attended) for...
Date: 9 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11
I have communicated to my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your Letter of the 12. instant giving an account of the Escape of two of the Prisoners part of the Crew of the Lexington Privatier who were sick in the Hospital,1 and proposing if they shall be retaken to apply to the Commanding Officer of His Majesty's Ships in the Downes to receive them on board; and I am commanded by...
Date: 13 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11
The Cornmissrs. for Sick &. Hurt having acquainted my Lords Commissrs. of the Admiralty with the Esape [Escape] of two of the Rebel Prisoners late belonging to the Lexington Privatier from the Hospital at Deal;1 And their Lordships having directed, in Case they should be retaken, that they be sent on board some of the Ships in the Downes,2 I am...
Date: 13 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11
I had the honor to receive on the 18th. Ulto. by Captn. Reynolds your Lordships Dispatches of the 6th. &. 10th. of Decr. Numbered 47 and 48 giving an account of your proceedings and of the Arrangement you had made of the Squdron under your Command1 All which were immediatly laid before my Lords Cornmissrs....
Date: 15 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11