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Advices having been received at Lord Dartmouth's Office that the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania in open Rebellion against The King, have been for some time past preparing a number of Armed Craft in the form of floating Batteries for the purpose of annoying and attacking the Kings Ships that maybe sent into that River, and that they have also prepared and sunk in the Channel of the River Machines for...
Date: 14 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Sir, Mr Burrow arrived at Lord Dartmouths Office on the 13th Inst and your dispatches were immediately laid before The King. ー
As soon as it was seen that the New England provinces meditated open Rebellion and Revolt, the Security of Nova Scotia became an Object of The King's care and solicitude; directions have been repeatedly given to the Commander in Chief to attend to it, and the...
Date: 16 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Advices having been received from different parts of America, that the Inhabitants of the Colonies in general which are associated in Arms against The King are collecting and fitting out Armed Vessels, for effecting in various ways their Rebellious purposes; I am commanded ー to signify to your Lordships His Majesty's Pleasure that the Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships in No America be...
Date: 22 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Mr Martin Govr of North Carolina, in his Dispatches to the Earl of Dartmouth dated in July 1775, & which were received on the 10th of Septr makes a full representation of the State of that Province, and it appearing that notwithstanding he had been reduced to the humiHating necessity of taking refuge on board His Majesty's Sloop Cruizer in Cape Fear River, & of submitting to the disgrace...
Date: 22 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
The advantages that may attend the sending immediately a Force to the assistance of the Friends of Legal Government in the Four Southern Provinces of Virginia, North & South Carolina, and Georgia, are so apparent, and have been so fully stated by yourself & the Governors of the other 3 Provinces, that the King has thought fit to order, that a Body of His Majesty's Forces, consisting of...
Date: 27 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Sir, Since my Letter to you of the 27th of last Month inclosing Copy of my Dispatch to Major General [William] Howe, of the 22d of that Month, the plan and Object of the intended Expedition to the Southward, to which that Dispatch refers, have been maturely considered. ー
It has been found upon full Examination, that the Entrance and Navigation of Cape Fear River are at least very hazardous, if...
Date: 7 November 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The King having signified His Majesty's pleasure that Seven Regiments of Infantry should hold themselves in readiness to embark on or about the first of December and to proceed to North America, in order to give countenance and protection to His Majesty's well affected Subjects Inhabitants of the Southern Provinces, and to assist in the suppression of Rebellion and restoration of legal Government...
Date: 13 November 1775
Volume: Volume 3
I am directed by Lord George Germain to desire you will transmit to me for his Lordship's Information, a return of the Ordnance, Ammunition, and Stores intended to be sent with the Seven Regiments now preparing to embark for an Expedition to North America, with the Names of the Vessels on board which such Ordnance, Ammunition and Stores either are, or are intended to be embarked. I am &ca.
Date: 13 November 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Inclosed I have the honor to send your Lordships, by His Majesty's Command, a Paper of Intelligence respecting the Channels thro' which Correspondence & Commerce are carried on with the King's Rebellious Subjects in America; and I am to Acquaint Your Lordships, that it is His Majesty's Pleasure, that you do transmit the same to the Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships in North America,...
Date: 27 November 1775
Volume: Volume 3
In Addition fo the Intelligence of improper intercourse with the Rebellious Colonies, a State of which was indosed in Lord George Germain's Letter to the Lords of the Admiralty of the 27th of last Month; I am directed by his Lordship to acquaint you that there is a great probability that a Dutch Ship ready to sail from Amsterdam to Santa Cruz on the Coast of Barbary with a large quantity of...
Date: 1 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
It having been represented to the King that it may be a great Convenience to the Troops, now preparing to go upon Service in North America, to have some small Carts, to be drawn by Men, for the purpose of attending the Field Train, and conveying Ammunition from Place to Place, as occasion shall require; I am commanded to signify to Your Lordship His Majesty's Pleasure, that, if such small Carts...
Date: 4 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Having laid before the King the States which have been from time to time transmitted to Mr Pownall by Mr Stephens of the Vessels taken up for the Transportation to America, of five Regiments ordered to be embarked at Corke; I am Commanded by His Majesty to signify to Your Lordships His Majesty's pleasure, that directions be given for their proceeding to Corke with as much Expedition as possible,...
Date: 6 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
I am directed by Lord George Germain to desire that a Packet Boat may be got ready to sail with Dispatches, which will be sent from hence, on Saturday Night the 16th instant, to Virginia and from thence to proceed to North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and East Florida; And as his Lordship is desirous that the Merchants should avail themselves of this Conveyance for sending Letters to their...
Date: 8 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
There being reason to beleive that a Ship, supposed to be now on her Passage from Quebec, may have on board some Rebels; who have been taken Prisoners in that Province; I am commanded by the King, to signify to Your Lordships His Majesty's Pleasure, that you do give Instructions to the Commanders of His Majesty's Ships & Vessels, in their different Stations upon the Coast of Great Britian,...
Date: 9 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Having received information that an American Vessel named the Betsy will fall down the River for Gravesend this Evening's Tide and proceed immediately from thence to the Downs having cleared out for Antigua, tho' really destined for North America, I am commanded by the King to signify to your Lordships His Majesty's Pleasure that you do direct the Commander of any of His Majesty's Ships at the...
Date: 11 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The King being determined, in Concurrence with His Parliament, to pursue the most vigorous Measures for reducing His rebellious Subjects in North America to Obedience, and for restoring legal Government, has given the Royal Assent to the inclosed Act, which I am commanded by His Majesty to transmit to you, and at the same time to signify to you His Majesty's Pleasure that you do exhort all...
Date: 23 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
My Lord, It is with great Satisfaction that I avail myself of the first Opportunity that has occurred since I entered upon Office to express to your Lordship The King's Approbation of the great Zeal your Lordship has manifested for His Service, & of the Fortitude with which you have not only resisted but repelled the Insults which had been offered to You by His Majesty's Rebellious Subjects...
Date: 23 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Sir, Lord Dartmouth having, in his Letter of the 7th of November, fully instructed you upon all points relative to the object an.cl Plan of the intended Expedition to the Southern Colonies, it only remains for me to acquaint you, that the Armament is now ready to proceed upon that Service ー It consists of seven Regiments, wanting only three Companies of the 46th, a detachment of Artillery equal...
Date: 23 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Sir, It was not 'till the 27th of Novr that your Dispatch to Lord Dartmouth of the 27th of August was received here, when I had the honor of laying it before the King; and I have it in command from His Majesty, to express to you His Majesty's Approbation of your Zeal for the public Service, and of the unalterable Attachment you have shewn to His Person & Government, from the first...
Date: 23 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Inclosed I send your Lordships a List of the Names of Thirty Four Persons taken in Arms against The King near Montreal of the 25th of September last, which Prisoners have been sent from Quebec in Custody, and are now Prisoners in His Majesty's Castle of Pendennis.
It is The King's Pleasure that these Prisoners should be forthwith send to Boston in North America on board His Majesty's Ship Solebay...
Date: 27 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3