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The subscriber having been prevented from continuing his business, by a most unjustifiable stretch of arbitrary power, begs leave to inform the publick, that he has some expectations of procuring a new set of materials, which, if he should be so fortunate as to succeed in, will enable him once more to apprise his countrymen of the danger they may be in from the machinations and black designs of...
Date: 12 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
We hear that lord Dunmore has just received a reinforcement of soldiers from St. Augustine, to complete his corps of banditti to the number of 500; and that, by and by, he expects five regiments of the same story of trumpery from England, with which, no doubt, he expects to perform deeds worthy of his noble ancestors
Date: 13 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Yesterday the Committee of Safety received advice, by express, that two vessels had arrived in Hampton road with a reinforcement of soldiers for lord Dunmore, said to amount to about 200 men. They are the troops which his lordship sent for to St. Augustine, and which, in our last, were said then to have arrived, some vessels having been seen coming in which were supposed to be those expected by...
Date: 20 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
The rifle-men and soldiers of Hampton desire their compliments to capt. Squire and his squadron, and wish to know how they approve the reception they met with last friday [October 27]. Should he incline to renew his visit, they will be glad to see him; otherwise, in point of complaisance, they will be under the necessity of returning the visit. If he cannot find the ear that was cut of[f], they...
Date: 4 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
We hear, from very good authority, that the ministerial squadron lost 21
of their complement in their late attack upon Hampton, besides the seven prisoners who were taken.
On sunday last [November 5] 70 fine rifle-men arrived at the camp, under the command of capt. [William] Fontaine. The same day came in 100 minute men from Chesterfield, and companies have been arriving every day since.
The N....
Date: 10 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
The tenders which came up to Jamestown the week before last, being hindered by our riflemen from burning the ferryboats at that place, went down the river, and in the night destroyed the boats at Mulberry island, and at Hardy's, on the opposite shore; where there was no notice of their arrival, and consequently no opposition. And last Thursday [November 9], a large schooner, and two sloops,...
Date: 13 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Last night, the men of war and tenders, leaving our men in possession of the boat, which they brought close into shore,1 moved up to Jamestown, but inade no attempt to land any of their men, and still keep out of the reach of our rifles. This day they received a reinforcement from Norfolk, in a tender which was sent down on Sunday night for that purpose; however, capt. [John] Green,...
Date: 14 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Last night, a boat full of men attempted to land near the place where two rifle sentinels were placed by Capt. [John] Green, on the Jamestown beach, about half a mile below the captain and his men. The sentinels immediately challenged them, but received no answer, upon which they fired at the boat, than about 50 yards distance, and one cif them ran off to capt. Green, to bring him to the place,...
Date: 15 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Williamsburg, Thursday, Nov. 16 This day serjeant Kelly was sent from the camp at Cobham with the account of the affair at Princess Anne. He crossed a little above where the man of war and tenders lay, who fired several shot at him, but he luckily got safe ashore with his dispatches. This Kelly is a very brave soldier, and was the first man that boarded the tender taken at Hampton. ー The man of...
Date: 16 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Col. [Patrick] Henry received an express yesterday morning with the following intelligence, viz. that Lord Dunmore, having received advice that about 200 of the Princess Anne militia were on the march to join the troops destined for the protection of the lower parts of the country, marched from Norfolk last Tuesday [November 14], about 10 o'clock P.M. to intercept them; who, not having the least...
Date: 17 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
When col. Woodford had embarked his men at Sandy Point, to cross over to join the first detachment at Cobham, he was determined to attack a large sloop tender which had been sent up to prevent his passage; but as soon as the boats were manned, and had put off from the shore, the tender tacked about and ran down to Jamestown, where, being sorely mortified at their disappointment and disgrace, the...
Date: 24 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Since I wrote you, which was about two days ago, we have been well informed that we killed 16 negroes and 5 white men the first day we got to this place. The next day, lieutenant [Thomas] Tibbs, who had the command of the boat guard, about 5 miles from this place, was attacke.d by a party of the king's troops, and several negroes, upon which some of our people gave ground; but mr. Tibbs, with 4...
Date: 4 December 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Since my last, we have sent a party of 100 men, under the command of col. [Edward] Stevens, of the minute battalion, over the river, who fell in last night, about 12 o'clock, with a guard of about 30 men, chiefly negroes. They got close up to the sentinel undiscovered; the sentinel challenged, and was not answered, upon which he fired. Our people, being too eager, began the fire immediately,...
Date: 5 December 1775
Volume: Volume 2
The Mercury frigat, capt. Graham [Alexander Graeme] (former [John] Macartney, who is gone to England) having general [Henry] Clinton and lord [Hugh] Percy on board, and two transports, with between 3 and 400 troops, chiefly light infantry of the 4th and 44th regiments, and a number of officers belonging to the 16th and 40th regiments, besides some engineers, are arrived in Hampton road, from...
Date: 23 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
We have intelligence that the jail distemper rages with great violence on board lord Dunmore's fleet, particularly among the negro forces, upwards of 150 of whom, it is positively affirmed, have died withina short time, and who, as fast as they expire, are tumbled into the deep, to regale the sharks, which it seems swarm thereabouts, and no doubt keep a sharp a look-out for all such sorts of...
Date: 8 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Williamsburg, March 22.
It is an undoubted fact, that between 8 and 9000wt. of gunpowder is just brought into this colony, from one of the French islands, with a number of fieldpieces, four and six-pounders, some muskets, &c. Several French gentlemen likewise came in the vessel, one of whom, shortly after their arrival set out for Philadelphia. While a couple of tenders were on their way up...
Date: 22 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Since the defeat of major Grant and commodore Barclay, they have begun to plunder the gentlemens plantations in their neighbourhood; and from Arthur Middleton Esqr's on the [South] Carolina shore, they had carried off 65 slaves. Sir James Wright, their governor, with his two daughters, has retired on board the Scarborough, thereby abdicating his government, and leaving behind him an estate...
Date: 5 April 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Last Saturday capt. James Barron arrived in town with despatches from the secretary of state for governor [Robert] Eden of Maryland, which he took from on board a small vessel that had been sent by lord Dunniore to carry them to Annapolis. They were in the custody of a certain mr. [Alexander] Ross from Fort Pitt, an old offender, and an associate of the infamous [John] qonnolly. The packet...
Date: 12 April 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Yesterday a couple of tenders went up James river, as far as Sandy point, and fired several shot at a guard of men stationed at that place; and early this morning they returned, with a prize, supposed to be a vessel with about 200 barrels of flour on board. As they passed Jamestown, they were saluted with a few shot from some cannon which had been placed there.
Date: 20 April 1776
Volume: Volume 4
There have, within these two or three weeks, been taken and brought into Norfolk, by the tenders, &c. the following vessels, viz. The sloop Congress, with 110 barrels of gunpowder and a large quantity of cloth, linens, osnaburgs, &c. A schooner, with a very large cargo of medicines, particularly jesuits bark. A large new ship from Baltimore, bound to Liverpool, with 1900 barrels of flour...
Date: 26 April 1776
Volume: Volume 4