American Theatre from February 19, 1776, to April 17, 1776
(AM) At 11 Weighed and made Sail Standing in for Tybee Light House First part mode and Hazey mid9-le and Latter fresh breezes Stan.ding in for the Light House 2 Sail in Sight to the Srd on which Fired several Guns at 5 Came too with the Bt Br in 4 ffm veered away to 1/2 of a Cable and moored with the Stream Anchor the Light house SE Cockspur Isld Wt Came in a Brig from Newcastle in Philadelphia... Continue Reading
Date: 13 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
pm Anchored here from the Town, a Sloop seized by Captn Barkley
Satury 9th AM anchored here from Town, 2 Schooners empd as occasionally First & Latter parts Fresh Breezes & Hazy Middle Calm & Clear Anchored here several vessels from Town &
H: Majys Schooner Hinchinbrook
Sunday 10th at 10 AM fired a Gun !kmade the Signal for all Masters of Merchantmen, put the Ships Company to... Continue Reading
Date: 13 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Wednesday 13
The Light House on Tybee Island EBN and the Block house on cockspur Island N E B E a Cable & ½
Light breezes and Clear at 4 PM saw a sail Do gave chace fired 1 4 pounder and 36 swivals at the chace at 8 Do lost sight of the Chace Tybee Light house W N W 9 miles. at 4 am spoke the Cumberland Pacquett from Augustine for georgia at 7 AM Tybee Light house W N W 4 Leags Bore away for... Continue Reading
Date: 13 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Wednesday 13th at 8 AM heard sevl Guns fired at Sea to the So wd came into Cockspur the following Vessels Vizt His Majts Schooner St Lawrence the Cumberland pacquet Georgia Pacquet Brig from Philadelphia Bonner Master 2 and the Ph[o]enix Sloop from Rhode Island [Norton] Cole Master wch the St Lawrence and Raven seized off Tybee Barr.
Date: 13 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Thursday, March 14th-Wind S.S.W. The sloop Mermaid, and Capt. [David] Bray's brig, sail for Halifax. The former with molasses seized by the Senegal as rebels property, the latter in custody of the Senegal, on suspicion of rebels' property. She is from Dominica, has some rum and molasses. 2
Date: 14 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
[Exeter] Thursday, March 14th, 1776. Voted, That a Committee be chosen to join a Committee of the Honble Board to confer upon the Expediency of joining with the Massachusetts Colony in granting a Bounty unto the Privateers belonging to this & the Mass. Colony, that may take any of our Enemies Ships of Warr upon this coast and that Capt. [Pierce] Long, Mr. John Bell and Major [Thomas] Tash be... Continue Reading
Date: 14 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Fort Washington,2 March 14th, 1776. Gent. Agreeable to your Instructions I have posted a Guard on Fort point at New Castle with orders frequently to go up to the top of the Light House and Diligently.to observe if any ships appear sailing towards this port, and on Discovery of the same to make me acquainted that I may transmit it without loss of time to your Honours or the General. I have... Continue Reading
Date: 14 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Sir Glouster March [14] 2 1776 I Rote your Excellence Last Tuesday Sence which we have got all the Sails & Most of the Rigen from the Ship with about (50) Cask of Porter & Two fine Cabels & Two Ankors Last night Capt Dosson 3 had the Impedence to Run in & Set fier to the Ship it being high warter Our Guns would not reach him & She is burnt down to the warter This Low warter If... Continue Reading
Date: 14 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Head Quarters Cambridge 14 March 1776
... I am inform'd by two very intelligent Men who made their escape from Boston, that they embark in great Confusion ー are oblig'd to destroy many of their Carriages & Waggons for want of Room to transport them ー That they are greatly distress'd for Seamen to man their Transports, and that the few they have are put on half allowance, Provisions being so... Continue Reading
Date: 14 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
A great number of letters for officers in Boston were taken in the ship Capt. Manley sent into Portsmouth
1 (as mentioned in our last) many of which mention great difficulty in raising recruits for the American service, and that it was apprehended the British army will be very little superior, the ensuing campaign, to what it was the past.
Yesterday 7'night Capt.... Continue Reading
Date: 14 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Sir The 2 inst at night we began (a] cannonade & bombardment upon the Enemy, & continued it three nights successively; on the 4th at night we threw up works upon the heights on Dorchester Point. the next morning the Pirates in Boston & in the Harbour appeared to be in great agitation, and every day & night since have been preparing (according to our observations, & the... Continue Reading
Date: 14 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
The Committee to whom were referred sundry Papers relative to the Transport Ship Called the Freindship Cap Holmes late Master which was Cast on Shore on the back of Cape Cod on the 29th of February last, have Attended that Service & beg leave to report
That The Selectmen & Committee of Correspondence Inspection and Safety for the Town of Truro be directed and Impowered to Secure what... Continue Reading
Date: 14 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Honered Sir This . Serves to Inform you of the Situation of the Brig Defence She is now at the wharf Expect the Tide will be full about Next mondy Shall then take her Down to the pear and grave her I am Inlisting men Every Day Shall make all the Dispach posable Every thing is now provideing Dayly for the Cruse Expect to be at New London the Latter part of Next weke, I am sir [&c.]
Date: 14 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Voted, That Mr. John McCleave of New Haven be and he is hereby appointed Second Lieutenant of the brig Defence, instead of Lieut. [James] Hopkins resigned.
Voted, That Jabez Huntington and Benj. Huntington Esqrs, be appointed a committee to take the best advice they think proper concerning the mode of rigging the row-galley now building by Capt. [Jonathan] Lester, and order said galley to be... Continue Reading
Date: 14 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
A copy of the examination of Craigg was brought into the Congress by Mr.Robert Benson, who, by order, had called in Lord Stirling and had taken a copy from the original, which was taken by his lordship. The said copy of the examination was read and filed, and is in the words following, to wit:
Craig, lately a soldier in the first regiment of Yorkers, declares that he was employed by one... Continue Reading
Date: 14 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
To the Honorable the Provincial Congress, held for the Province of New York:
The Petition of William Gandell, of the City of New-York, Mariner, humbly showeth:
That your Petitioner is well affected to the cause of his country, and is out of employ on account of the distressed times; and seeing no probable way of getting into business again to maintain his wife and children until matters are... Continue Reading
Date: 14 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
On Sunday last arrived the Swallow Packet, Capt.Copeland in 9 Weeks from Falmouth, which he left the 7th of January, with several Passengers, and a very large Mail, which we hear was taken on board the Asia Man of War.
The ship Julius Caesar, Capt. John Thomson, of Chester town, Maryland, having safely landed her cargo at Falmouth, received freight, and the ship being discharged, the men were... Continue Reading
Date: 14 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
The committee appointed to confer with General Lee respecting the defence of New York, brought in their report, which was read: Whereupon,
The command of the passage of the Sound must be ours. this I imagine is already effected by the works thrown up at Horne Hook; but as a farther security, batteries and a redoubt must be erected on the other side, either in [Montresor] Island or on the... Continue Reading
Date: 14 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
In Consequence of an Order drawn by Francis Wade on this Board, for the payment of the Rations of Captains [James] Montgomery, [Samuel] Davison, [Charles] Alexander, [Richard] Eyres, [Alexander] Henderson & [Nathan] Boyce
2 amounting to £66 9 4, an order was drawn on the Committee of accounts for said sum, & directed to be charged to said Wade's account.... Continue Reading
Date: 14 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
The following Instructions were given to Nathaniel Smith & John Fulford Esqrs Captains of the 2 Companies of Artillery in this Provinceー
Gentlemen You are advised to collect together at Fells Point all the Cannon, that are either in Town, or about the Point, that they may be all mounted & prepared for use, & to have Guards constantly placed over them to prevent their being spiked or... Continue Reading
Date: 14 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
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