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Herewith you will receive a List of the several Officers appointed to Vacancies in the Ships of the Squadron under my Command since the general Return of Appointments dated the 13th: of February last, with the several Papers relative thereto, as noted in the Schedule enclosed.
The Viper Schooner1 taken from the King's rebellious Subjects by His Majesty's Ship the Perseus,...
Date: 20 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
The two flat Boats you have detained are appropriated for a particular Service, from which they cannot be possibly spared; I am therefore to beg you will be so obliging as to suffer them to be taken away by the bearer. I have let them continue with you as long as I could, & I hope with the assistance of the Boats from the Merlin, you may be able now to dispence with them, if to make sure of...
Date: 20 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
The Merlins Anchor was not laid out in a proper place so that in fact we have not had A fair trial of getting the ship off yet.—
We are laying a Bower Anchor out at present & we flatter ourselves we shall get off with the evenings tide which the Pilot says will be higher than the mornings was. I should not have detaind the flat Boats this morning but the Gentlemen who came Laid the chief...
Date: 20 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
[At] 12 [Midnight] Do. Weather [fair] [At] ½ past 5 [AM] carry'd warps th[r]o' the Channel between the Cheveaux de freeze [At] 6 made the Liverpool & Pearl Signal to weigh [At] 8 warped through & Anchor'd about 2 Cables length above the Cheveaux de freese, the Liverpool got aGround on the Eastern side of the Channel [At] 10 the Pearl Sailed thro' a little to the NE of us [At] ...
Date: 20 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
Octr
Monday 20
do [Billingsfort E ½ S ¾ of a Mile]
at 6 AM Weigh'd warping up the River, at the same time the Roebuck warp'd thro' the Chiveaux de frize, the Liverpool attempting it got on shore. at 9 sail'd thro' & Anchd. with the Small Br: in 4½ fm: Billingsfort SW ½ S ¼ of a Mile, At 12 the Liverpool got off & Anchd....
Date: 20 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
1777 October
Mondy 20
Do [At Anchor off Billingsport close to the Cheveaux de frize.—]
at 10 AM a pilot came on board from the Eagle, weighed and sailed up Tinicum Channell along the Pensylvania Shore, 20 Seamen & 2 Midn. came from the Somersett to Assist us, being but badly manned—
Sailing up Tinicum Channell
Modt. and hazey, 20 Men and 2...
Date: 20 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
[October 1777]
Monday 20th
Do. [at Single Anchor off the middle of Tencham Island1]
AM at 12 weighd & towd higher up in Co. with his Majtys. Ship Camilla
Do:
Little wind & hazy Wr. at 4 Came down 13 Rebel Gallies & fired on the Ships in the other Channel2 as also at the Vigilant in this Channel3 which fire was...
Date: 20 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
October 1777
Monday 20
Ditto [Chester Town W ½ S 3 or 4 Miles & the Rebel Fleet EbN. 3 or 4 Miles—]
at Midnight went up the River about 20 or 30 Flatt Bottom'd Boats. at 7AM Returnd on Board the above Seamen and Marines.1 at 10 do. the Roebuck Pearl & Liverpool got above the Lower Cheveaux:de:frizes. Rowd. Guard &c.—
Ditto
The first Part Part Light Breezes...
Date: 20 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
It gives me much pleasure to find that you approved of my proposal of having four heavy cannon mounted, to annoy the enemy as they pass the old fort on their way to & from Hampton road. I hope the necessary orders will be soon given to have the two cannon I mentioned to you mounted on proper carriages for that purpose. I know of no others at present that are so fitt as they are, & I wou'd...
Date: 20 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
October
Monday 20
Turks Island S by W ¼ S 77 leagues
AM thunder & lightning with rain Saved some fresh water
[at Noon] Do. SSWt. 60 leagues—
light breezes & fair Wr. at 2 made sail & Gave chace at 8 made the signal For our convoy to come under our stern at 10 came up with the chace Fired several Shots Great guns & Small arms & brought her...
Date: 20 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
I received your esteemed favour by Capn. Bartlett1 who arrived here the 19th Ulto.—Soon after his arrival he was unfortunately taken with a Billious fever, and died the day before yesterday; Being informed of his illness, I immediately came here and found he had not disposed of his Cargo; I perceived that his fish was old, of the small Kind, and had...
Date: 20 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
October 1777
Tuesday 21st.
[At Anchor in the Seakonnet passage Rhode Island]
at ½ after 12 heared two guns fired from Fogland Ferry and supposed it to be a rebel vessel comeing down the river1 we immediatly turned all hands up and prepared to get under way at 2 A.M. found it to be a false alarm as no vessel appeared in sight at ½ after 3 A.M. saw a cannon fired from...
Date: 21 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
The Night before last we got all our troops ready for embarcation, but the Wind prevented the execution; in bringing down the Boats from Quatuck [Nannaquaket] Pond, to the South'ard of Fogland Ferry, where we were to embark, the Enemy fired upon us as we passed the Ferry-Point, by which we had one Man killed, & another wounded. Yesterday in the Afternoon, & this Morning, the enemy appear...
Date: 21 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
My letters of the 15th. Instant which You will herewith receive were intended to have been sent by the Bristol, who is stopped to proceed with the Convoy directed by Your Lordship's Letter of the 10th:—In consequence of it I have left the Command up the North River with Captain Symons1 until the Return of General Vaughan, when it is intended to evacuate every...
Date: 21 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
By this time, I imagine, Colonel Arendt will have arrived at Fort Mifflin, the command of which post was originally designed for him; he was prevented through in disposition from entering immediately upon it, but being now recovered, it of course devolves upon him.—1
This gentleman's knowledge of and experience in war, which has been the study and business of his life, induce me to...
Date: 21 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
Your favor of the 18th I received last night and was extremely sorry to find from the Commodores Letter, which made a part of your's, that you & he were not in the strictest harmony.1 This circumstance, I confess, gives me great uneasiness, as I well know that a good agreement between the Navy & Garrison is of the last importance, and that a want of cooperation and...
Date: 21 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
... the Enemy appear no longer in the direction of Hog Island at Tinicum point, the number of men seen there yesterday must have been a Disembarkation from their Fleet. night—
no fire from the Enemy. we have driven down large Pickets in the bed of the River, at the distance of 20 feet from the Battery, and at the distance of 15 feet from each other—they are intended to support the double Chain...
Date: 21 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
October. 1777
Tuesdy. 21st
So End of Green Island EbS ½ a mile
At 1 AM Weigh'd & md. sail At 2 Anchd. in 10 feet Water between Green Island & the Main.
Billing's Port SEbS Distce. ½ a mile
Modt. & Clear Wr. At 1 PM Weigh'd & tow'd thro' the Chiveaux de Frises to take up the Augusta's Anchor...
Date: 21 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
October 1777
Tuesday 21
Do. [At Anchor off Billingsport]
AM Weighed and Saild through the Cheveaux du Freeze gott aGround, Employ'd in carreying out Warps to Heave Off
Do.
Moderate and Fair, PM hove off and Anchord about 2 Cables Lingth from BillingsPort,
Date: 21 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10
Last Tuesday arrived here the cartel sloop Governor Tonyn,from St. Augustine, with 35 American prisoners of war, for an exchange, which John Mowbray, Esq; is commissioned to negotiate, under certain limitations, with His Excellency the President of this State: amongst them are the following masters of merchant vessels, taken at different periods, viz. John Hill, by the Brune frigate; America...
Date: 21 October 1777
Volume: Volume 10