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we have bin here in the utmost confushen Last wednesday night by being fired on by the ashe2 man of war wich occasion us to Send the Ship3 of[f] be fore She was loded for fere that the provisun vesels would all bin Stopt as there was Great talk of it She went Down to the naros with 600 and od bushels on bord and John Murrey is Gon down with a sloop lode of 1500 bushels i...
Date: 26 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Since my last of the 26 instant the port is shut by the [Provincial] Congres. and nomore provision to go therefore the Ship2 will be oblige to sail with what she has got in wich is between 7 & 8 thousand bushels we are in the grettest Confushen about moving out of town for we Expect we shall not be long at pees i am going to Carey the pilot Down this Morning and sum nasarys for...
Date: 27 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Gentlemen: Being informed that you had come to a Resolution that no Provisions shall be shipd out of this Colony without first obtaining Permition of you, In consequence of which Order we think it our Duty to acquaint you that the Ship Peggy, Capt [William] Barron, had on Board before Resolve was made about 7400 Bushels of Wheat, with which she was Cleard and Sail'd as far as Cunny Island which...
Date: 28 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
The application of Murray, Sansom, Murray & Co. and of Frederick Rhynlander to permit the ship Peggy and cargo of wheat to sail for Falmouth, in England: The application of Charles McEvers & Co. to permit the ship Albany and cargo of wheat to sail for Lisbon. The application of Walter Buchannan & CO. to permit a vessel and cargo for Madeira, and another vessel and cargo for Barcelona...
Date: 28 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Whereas, the commander of His Majesty's ship Asia, under pretence of protecting the King's property, did in the dead of the night of the 23d inst. most unwarrantably fire on the south part of this defenceless city, whereby three of His Majesty's subjects were wounded, the property of several destroyed and the lives of many exposed to the most imminent danger:
And Whereas, many of the inhabitants...
Date: 29 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
We hear from Providence, that on Tuesday the 22d instant his Majesty's ships the Rose, Swan and Glasgow, attempted to go to Providence, and got within 8 miles of the town, when two of them ran ashore and the other came to an anchor. Soon after arrived a brig and a sloop inward bound from the West-Indies, these were immediately chased by the men of war's barges and 3 cutters, till they ran ashore...
Date: 31 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
This morning I have seen a printed resolution of the Honourable Board, dated the 29th instant, by which I am permitted in future (agreeably to former directions) to supply His Majesty's ships on this station "with all necessaries, as well fresh as salt, and that such supplies be sent by me to the Governor's island, to be taken from thence on board of the said ships."
In pursuance of which, I...
Date: 31 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Messrs. Leonard Lispenard, Isaac Roosevelt, and Jacobus VanZandt brought into Congress a contract by them made on behalf of this Congress with Joseph Hallett, Jr., for the importing of fifteen tons of gunpowder and fourteen hundred stand of arms, and for any quantity of saltpetre which he may import in lieu of the said gunpowder.
The said contract was read and approved of, and ordered to be filed...
Date: 31 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
An estimate or account from Abraham Lott, Esq. agent-victualler for His Majesty's ships in this port, was read; and Abraham Lott, Esq. being so indisposed as to be confined to his house, by one of the Secretaries, requested a conference with some member or members of this Congress.
Ordered, That Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Walton and Mr. Sears, be a committee to confer with Abraham Lott, Esq. and also to...
Date: 1 September 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I have yours of the 31st ulto p [Richard] Spink, the Contents of wch I have made Publick & much alarms us, yours was the first Accot we had, of the Cruelty of the Hostil Attack of part of the British Navey on the Defenceless Town of Stoningtown ー this Conduct in firing on defenceless towns is a Dishoner to Briton, I hope your People will take Warning & Remove the Women & Effects,...
Date: 2 September 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Ordered, That Mr. Sears be and he is hereby desired to consult with Col. [John] Lasher, with respect to seizing and taking the sloop (and people on board) charged with having supplied necessaries for the use of the army and navy, and now lying at anchor near the Asia ship of war.
Date: 2 September 1775
Volume: Volume 1
His Excellency received yours of the 13th Instt and It is his desire that you take every possible means in your power to prevent the Intercourse & communication with the Ships of War & to hurry the fitting of the other Boats ー As to dislodging the people at the Light House, he does not mean to advise an attempt unless you are morally certain that It will be attended with Success ー A...
Date: 14 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
His Excel[lenc]y Congratulates you on the Success of Captn [Samuel] Tucker, & is hopeful more of the Vessels employed for the ministerial Army, will be picked up. They will in some small Degree compensate for the Damage done by seizing those belonging to us.
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Such opportunities as the present do not often turn up in the course of human events ー The picture ー happiness or misery of a great proportion of the human race is at Stake ー and if we make a wrong choice ourselves and our posterity must be wretched ー wrong choice! there can be but one Choice consistent with the Character of a people possessing the least degree of reason ー And that is to Seperate...
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I had the honour of writing you the history of our Cruise in the Fleet from the Capes of Delaware 'till our Arrival at N. London the 14th Ulto inclosing an inventory of all the stores taken at N. Providence &ca ー the letter contained a particular account of the Action with the Glascow in an Extract from the Alfred's Log Book ー it also contained some free thoughts on Certain Characters in the...
Date: 19 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Your favor of the 9th Inst I received the 17th and in complyance with your request I transmit you an abstract of my proceedings relative to the Cannon & shot &c. I had contracted for to supply the Ships of War building in this Colony.2
I have been lately informed that Mr S. Patrick (a partner in the Orange Iron Works) has been at Phila, where he learn't that the Committee of...
Date: 20 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Capt Wm Goforth arrived here about an hour since with the inclosed letters ー Express from Canada, which I mean to forward on to Amboy very early in the morning, and beg your Excellency's particular answer in regard to what you would have forwarded from this place, ー Capt Goforth commanded the Schooner in the river St Lawrence he says ー that not more than 100 Men are taken prisoners & them all...
Date: 21 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Capt. Jonathan Clarke, late from the French West Indies, and bound to some port to the eastward, attended, and was admitted. He informs that he has had the misfortune to have his vessel and cargo seized and taken by an armed tender near Black Point, below Sandy Hook; that he has four men of his late crew with him; that they depend on him for support, and that he is in want of a small sum of money...
Date: 21 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
ーa French Vessell with about 12 Tons of Powder & 500 Stand of Arms coming into this Port has fallen into the Hands of our Enemies at the Hook throu' the Indiscretion of the Captain ー
a Vessell with Dutch Goods such as Linnens &C is just arrived & the Cargo all sold to one Retailer ー European Goods appear to me to be plentier in the City than when I first came here, it is expected they...
Date: 22 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Francis Lewis, Esquire, infomed this Congress that William Hawxhurst is employed by contract in making anchors for the Continental navy, in which business he cannot proceed without a small supply of gunpowder, and therefore he applied for 100 weight of gunpowder, for William Hawxhurst, for the use of the iron works, to be paid for in cash.
Ordered, That Mr. Richard Norwood, commissary of Colony...
Date: 22 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5