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I take this oppertunity to Inform you that on the 4th Inst. the Ministerial fleet under the Command of Capt [James] Wallace, went to Point Judith & took on Board about one Hundred Sheep 2 Cows Seven Load of Hay & from many Circumstances no doubt Capt Wallace was well inform'd how matters Stood at Point Judith & in a particular manner it is strongly Suspected that Joseph Aplin &...
Date: 7 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3
The Committee of Correspondance for the Town of South Kingston, beg leave to inform your Honor, that the Sea Coast of this Town is very extensive, that it affords a great Number of Landing Places, and a most valuable Stock, and great Quantitys of Hay, now remaining upon the whole Coast ー This Town is at the same Time on a very defenceless State, great Numbers are inlisted into the Continental...
Date: 10 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3
Hond Sir. I take this Opportunity to acquaint You Colo Wanton is returned to Head Quarters upon his Parole, being set at Liberty till the Sitting of the Genl Assembly; at the first Sight of Him. my Blood felt warm & continued so for some Time in every Vein in my Body. I can truely Say with Job, had he "been sent back by my Enemies I could have born it;" but for Men, from whom I expected the...
Date: 13 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3
It appearing to the Committee of Correspondence of this Town, upon recollecting the Examination of John Patterson the Deserter from Capt Wallace at Point Judith 4th Feb. Instant, That a Person prior to Mr Joseph Aplin, Doctr Gleason, Silas Niles & Robert Hazard, had been to the Shore siogly & conversed with sd Wallace previous to his Landing ー Upon interogating Mr Joseph Aplin last...
Date: 13 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3
As I have received a most pressing Request from Genll Washington to forward to Him all the Powder we can possibly spare, I have therefore concluded to send Him what We have lying at Providence supposed to be about 6000, weight. as it is in the common Cause, You will I dare add to your other Favors, in ordering the Powder You was so kind as to send for to Bedford in Dartmouth to Genll Washington...
Date: 13 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3
To his Excellency the Honourable Nicholas Cook Esqr Governour, and the Counsil also Desiring his Excellency Would Please to Let me have the true form of the Articles And Regulations Belonging to the Schooner Spitfire Now Lying at warren a fixing as fast as Possible and I am in hopes of Geting Ready for Cruising Very Soon. But for the Want of the Rules and Regulations People Are Backward about...
Date: 9 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
A few days since the Commissary of Prisoners here sent some Masters of Vessels, and others, to Providence in order to proceed to Rhode Island; but yesterday they return'd hither, and 'tis reported that the reason why your State prevented them, was because the Arm'd Vessels now with you, might have an opportunity to pass Rhode Island without the Enemy's gaining intelligence of your designs; In...
Date: 21 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
. . . I could wish that Our State would see it Their Interest to fit out one or two State Brigs. — The Expence might most probably be doubly paid to Them in One Cruize. I cannot think The Hazard of Loosing Them ought to discourage the Attempt. — if They could be got out of the River when fitted. - Might They not be ventured out only in a set of Ballast with a few Hands and sent round to Bedford...
Date: 30 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
We the Subscribers, both of Providence in the State of Rhode Island &c. Merchants, request your Honor to Grant a Commission or Letters of Marque and Reprisal to John Tillinghast Commander of the Private Sloop of War Retaliation of which we are Owners. She is burthened Ninety Tons carries Twelve Carriage Guns, Six, Four and Three Pounders, and Fourteen Swivel Guns, manned with Seventy Men, and...
Date: 3 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
Gentlemen I have Proceided for Boltemore as I was ordered2 After A Long Paseg th 2 July made th Caps Stood in for them but Soon made A Sail between us & th Caps but Could Not Tell what She was She Not making for us thought it was Posb]e S[h]e might be Afraid of us we run in As Nigh as we Dare till we Could See her of[f] Deck &made two more from A loft Afraid thay would take...
Date: 7 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
This Morning About Fore A Clock Landed a partey of the Enemy Consisting of About two hundred, As Near as we Coold Judge in two Devitions one Devition At the South Ferrey the Other Below Benjamin Gardners, that Devition Landed at the South Ferrey was Covered by a Rogalle [row galley], we Rallied And Engaged them they Emediately Gave way and Retreated into their bates again, but by Some Accident th...
Date: 5 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
The large Fleet which sailed from New-York, and hath since been seen off and on the Capes of Delaware, have not been seen or heard of since last Thursday at sunset. — a few there are, who still believe they are yet intending an Attack upon this City; — some there are, who suppose Them gone still more South-Ward, to Maryland, Virginia or So Carolina; — but the most general Opinion is, that they...
Date: 5 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I have by no Means been unmindful of the unhappy Situation of the State of Rhode Island. A very large Body of the Enemy long since took Possession of near a quarter Part of that State, and altho' the Enemy have called off from Time to Time great Part of their Forces there, Yet Their having gained a Possession, aided still by Their Ships; the Force of the State with the small Aid received from Our...
Date: 24 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
Having been appointed Commissary for Prisoners in this Department, I am in the absence of Sir Peter Parker to acknowledge the Receipt of your Letter of the 13th: Inst: relative to the Prisoners wrote for from Halifax and the Release of Messrs: Mc: Hurd & Goodwin for whom two British Prisoners are said to have been already sent.
Being, by the neglect of the...
Date: 24 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11
Having received information that a demand has been made by a Flag from Rhode Island that a Number of Prisoners Equal to the Number that lately arrived at Marblehead in the Ship Royal Bounty bound from Hallifax to New Port after taking the Ship out of the Hands of the British Captain.1
The Council of this State have thought Proper to send you Copy of a Letter from Sr George...
Date: 2 February 1778
Volume: Volume 11
The American Prisoners under my Care suffering greatly by Sickness and other Effects of the inclement Season, And as no adequate means of Relief can be had at this Port; I am directed to advise You of their distressed Situation; and to propose the landing of them at Bristol or Warwick-Neck if that Expedient is approved: On condition however, that such of them as were taken in Arms, do not Serve...
Date: 19 February 1778
Volume: Volume 11
This State having a Considerable Number of Men now Prisoners of War at Newport which are, as we apprehend, unreasonably detained there, we have appointed Colo. Gabriel Johonnot to proceed to the Place beforementioned in order to obtain their Release, we therefore Request that your Excellency would give him Liberty to proceed to Newport with a Flag for the purpose aforesaid.
Capt...
Date: 23 February 1778
Volume: Volume 11
The same principle of Humanity professed in the Letter I have received from You of the 25th: Inst: and the just adherence to Engagements in the Correspondence with Mr: Cooke regarding the Exchange of Prisoners transacted under his Direction, were the motives for the proposal in my last of the 19th:—
A List will be transmitted with the Prisoners to be Landed, as...
Date: 28 February 1778
Volume: Volume 11
Having been informed that all the prisoners in this state have been sent down, either on Parole or exchanged (except myself-) agreable to proposal from Lord Howe, beg leave to ask why I was refused that favour as I think it is what I have right to expect, not only from my rank in the service, but as a gentleman, and as my civil treatment to all the prisoners that have fallen into my hand[s] has...
Date: 8 March 1778
Volume: Volume 11
The Subscriber, in Behalf of Andrew and James Caldwell and Blair Mc.Clenachan of Pensylvania Merchants, requests your Excellency to grant a Commission or Letters of Marque and Reprisal to him as Commander of the Brigantine Polly of which the abovenamed Persons are Owners. She is burthened One Hundred and Forty Tons carries Ten Carriage, and Six Swivel Guns, manned with Twenty-five Men...
Date: 16 March 1778
Volume: Volume 11