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Doctor [Joseph] Warren, Colonel [Joseph] Palmer, and Colonel [Henry] Gardner were appointed a Sub-Committee to confer with General [Artemus] Ward, relative to the proposal made by Colonel [Benedict] Arnold, of Connecticut, for an attempt upon Ticonderoga.
Voted, That General [John] Thomas be desired to give such orders respecting the Whale-Boats at Falmouth, and other parts southward, as he may...
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I received your Letter in closing the Resolve of the Committee of Safety as to securing the Boats &c.2 I have secured all the Boats in this part of the County that will be of service to the Colony and have given Colo Cobb orders to secure those below which I presume is by this Time done we hauld the Boats ashore & hid them in swampy Land & Woods which was all that could be...
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
This afternoon was a Funeral here of a Lieutenant of Marines of one of the Ships here.2 They obtained leave of the Governor to land, and about 25 Marines landed at Wh[arf] this afternoon, and buried their Officer under Arms in the Ch[urc]h yard discharging three Vollies, and then retired on board without Molestation
This Aft Capt. Hathaway arrived here. He left New York last Thursday ー...
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
May 1775
Tuesday
2 Moor'd in Rhode Island Harbour
P M Seized a Sloop one of the Providence Paquets,
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
we have now got all unanimous, and the association Paper Inclosed will be Signd by most every man in this City & all Seems now to go well to put [us] in a state of Defence as Cannon &c will be Carryed to Kingsbridge
our Custom house will be open tomorrow when [Peter] Rogers will [be] Enterd & shall Amediately unload & Dispatch him,2 no money to be Collected nor can we...
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Time of Clearing
May 2 1775
Ship or Vessel's Name
Ship Peggy
Master's Name
William Barrons
Kind of Built
Sq[uare] Stern
Tons
90
Guns
ー
Men
11
Where and when built
Rh Island 1773
Where and when registred
Newport 1 Octor 1773
The Names of the Owners of
Christr Champlin
this present Voyage
The General Cargoe
Bushels of Corn
600
Barrels of Flour
1600
Tuns of...
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
At a Council held at the Palace [Williamsburg] May 2, 1775. Present His Excellency the Governor, Thomas Nelson, Richard Corbin, William Byrd,Ralph Wormeley, junior, Esquires, John Camm, Clerk, and John Page, Esquire.
The Governor was pleased to address himself to the Board in the following manner:
Gentlemen, Commotions and insurrections have suddenly been excited amongthe people, which threaten...
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Resolved, That we will not ship a single hogshead of tobacco to Great Britain until the determination of the Continental Congress, respecting exportation, be known.
Resolved, That we deem the resolution of our committee last November, not to ship any tobacco in future to Mr. Norton's house, as still obligatory; the ship Virginia having arrived without the concessions then required.2
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
We, whose Names are hereunto Subscribed, Beg Liberty to Inform You of our Situation, as we are Chosen By this Town to Examine into the Circumstance of it, which we had done, and find the Town very Deficient as to Arms & Amunition, and have sent By Water to Salem, But have Just had our money Return'd Back Without Arms or Ammunition: at present we Have Not more than one quarter of a pound of...
Date: 3 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
To Benedict Arnold, Esquire, commander of a body of Troops on an expedition to subdue and take possession of the Fort of Ticonderoga:
Sir: Confiding in your judgment, fidelity and valour, we do, by these presents, constitute and appoint you Colonel and Commander-in-Chief over a body of men, not exceeding four hundred, to proceed with all expedition to the Western part of this and the...
Date: 3 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Voted, that two Companies be raised in the Towns of Malden & Chelsea for the defence of the Coast of Said Towns, the said Companies to be joined to such regiments in future as they may be ordered to, should there be occasion to discharge them from Service as soon as the public Good will admit of it and that Capt Benjamin Blaney & Capt [Samuel] Sprague be furnishd with a set of Beating...
Date: 3 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
On the application from the Committee of Safety relative to supplying Col [Benedict] Arnold with one hundred Pounds, and sundry Warlike Stores,
Ordered, That Mr. [Benjamin] Greenleaf, Mr. [Moses] Gill, and Mr. [George] Patridge, be a Committee to take said application into consideration and report.
The Committee on the application from the Committee of Safety reported. The Report was read and...
Date: 3 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Sir I am to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th April last, in behalf of the General Assembly of your Colony, relative to the Alarming situation of Public Affairs in this Country, and the late transactions in this Province. That this situation is greatly alarming, and that these Transactions are truly unfor tunate, are truths to be regretted by every Friend to America, and by...
Date: 3 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I have the Sattisfaction to Inform Our friends that Brother John is releas'd, after much Intercession of Many very ー kind friends and much Sollisitation to the General and Admiral with Whom my personal Access was Made (I may Say 'thro, Divine as well as human favour) almost familliar a Circumstance very unexpected from the Charectors of Both when I came from home, I have Seldom Seen a patient...
Date: 3 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
My Lord, The minds of the people in this city were kept in constant agitation, by Riots and attempts to prevent the Transports from loading here, with stores, Provisions &c. for the army. The want of any degree of Resolution in the Magistrates to support the authority of Government in opposition to popular measures, rendered the leaders of the People insolently bold and daring ー The friends...
Date: 3 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
At a Council held at the Palace [Williamsburg] May 3, 1775, Present, his Excellency the Governor, Thomas Nelson, Richard Corbin, William Byrd, Ralph Wormeley, jun. Esquires, John Camm, Clerk, and John Page, Esquire.
The Board, resuming the consideration of the subject laid before them yesterday by the Governor, advised him to issue the following proclamation; and the same was ordered accordingly...
Date: 3 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Sir I have received your Letters No. 13. 14. & 15. and have laid them before the King.
The present State of His Majesty's Service in North America precludes for the present all hope of our being able to spare any part of the Kings Troops for the service of the Bermuda Islands or of making them a Station for one of the small Sloops of War, But I will not fail at a proper time to attend to...
Date: 3 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Know all Men by these presents that We Dummer Sewall of Georgetown in the County of Lincoln Gentleman and Jordan Parker of said Georgetown Yeoman are holden & stand firmly bound nto the Provincial Congress now setting for the Province of Massachusetts Bay or to their Successors or any person that shall be appointed by the People for the head of the Province aforesaid, in the sum of two...
Date: 4 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Know all Men by these presents that We John Hobby and Obe Hubbs both of George Town in the County of Lincoln, Merchants, are holden and stand firmly bound unto the Provincial Congress now setting for the Province of Massachusets Bay, or to their Successors, or any person that shall be appointed by the People for the Head of the Province aforesd in the Sum of Two thousand pounds to be paid to the...
Date: 4 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Sir, Since my Letter to you of the 24h Ult: by Ensign Hill, the greater part of the people in this part of the Country have been constantly under Arms, threatning destruction to the Persons and Properties of those who refuse to join with them; in the Town of Brunswick near Kennebeck River, two Hundred of them Assembled, took Mr [Edward] Parry the Contractors Agent for the Navy Masts into Custody...
Date: 4 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1