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The King having been pleased by His Order in Council of the 16th of June 1775, to order my Lords Commrs of the Admty to issue out such Warrants as they shou'd find requisite for pressing so many Seamen, Seafaring Men, and Persons whose Occupations and Callings are to work in Vessels and Boats upon Rivers in his Majts Dominions in North America, as shou'd from time to time be necessary for manning...
Date: 22 November 1776
Volume: Volume 7
Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty the Memorial of the Merchants Importers of Linen from Ireland, desiring that they will give protection to the linen ships boqnd from Newry to England, and that the convoy may likewise call at Dublin for such ships as may be there, I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you, that they have ordered his Majesty's cutter the Esther to...
Date: 20 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
The honble Captain [Keith] Elphinstone having informed my Lords Commrs of the Admty that he has received a private Letter by His Majesty's Ship the Surprize, which is arrived at Portsmouth from Cadiz, advising that there were near Twenty American Vessels in that Port when the said Ship sailed from thence; I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you therewith for the information of Lord...
Date: 6 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
I am commanded by my Lords Commissrs of the Admty to send you inclosed a Copy of a Letter from Mr [John] Robinson Secretary to the Lords Commissioners of His Majs Treasury giving Intelligence of Vessels employed in carrying Powder and small Arms from Cape Nichola Mole to America and of others which Trade from the Island of Bermuda to Europe, And to signify their direction to you to give Orders to...
Date: 6 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The several Transport Vessels mentioned in Mr Stephen's Letter of the 5th instant, also the Robert and Elizabeth another of the Transports under Orders to proceed to Corke, having sailed yesterday forenoon, from the Downes to the Westward; I am commanded by my Lords Commissrs of the Admty to acquaint you therewith for Lord Geo: Germaine's information. I am Sr [&c.]
Date: 7 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Ld George Germaine one of His Majs Principal Secretaries of State having acquainted my Lords Commrs of the Admty by Letter of this date that information has been received that an American Vessel named the Betsey whose description is on the other side hereof will fall down the River for Gravesend this Evenings Tide & proceed immediately from thence to the Downes having cleared out for Antigua...
Date: 11 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
There being reasons to believe that a Ship supposed to be now on her passage from Quebec may have on board some Rebells who have been taken Prisoners in that Province; I am commanded by my Lords Commrs of the Admty to signify their direction to you in pursuance of the Kings pleasure signified to them by Ld Geo Germaine that you give Orders to the several Captains of His Majestys Ships &...
Date: 11 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having received a Letter from Lieutenant Knowles, Agent for Transports going with Troops from Ireland to North America, dated the 10th instant on board the Myrtle Transport at Spithead, giving an account that the 32d and 36th Regiments of Foot were embarked on board the Transport Vessels named on the other side in order to proceed to Cork and were then...
Date: 12 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Sir With respect to the delivering up the five American Vessels that were seized and sent to Portsmouth by the Experiment and Renown, I am to acquaint you that their Lordships approve of your delivering up the said Vessels to their respective Masters upon their producing orders from Messrs Rotch and Smith, on whose application on behalf of themselves and Aaron Lopez of Newport in Rhode Island as...
Date: 14 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Lieut Tonken, Agent to the Transports, going to Corke, having by his Letter dated the 1 lh instant in Milford Haven, informed my Lords Commissrs of the Admty that the preceding Morning at day light he sailed from thence with the Transports under his direction with the Wind at East, but by the time he got 15 Leagues to the Westward, the Wind came round to the WSW, and as it began to blow strong,...
Date: 15 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Lieutenant Johnston, Commander of His Majesty's Cutter the Goodwill (who, in consequence of Lord George Germain's Letter of the llh Instant) was directed to proceed to the Downes in quest of an American Vessel called the Betsey, and upon meeting with her to search for, seize and transmit to his Lordships any Letters addressed to any persons in any Part of North America, having by his Letter of...
Date: 16 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having previous to Rear Admiral Shuldham's Departure for North America settled private Signals for the Commanders of His Majesty's Ships there to know each other by in case of meeting And their Lordships having since the said Rear Admirals Departure received from Vice Admiral Graves a Copy of Signals which he had settled for the like purpose, I am commanded...
Date: 16 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The Thunder Bomb Vessel has been arrived at Portsmo some days. I rather think Lord [Charles] Cornwallis means her Tender, in which are the Shells Powder &ca and which, I have a Letter from Sir Peter Parker saying she was not arrived.
Upon this Letter from Sir Peter enquiry was made at the Ordnance Board after her, and Mr. Boddington's answer was that she saild from this River the 15 inst with...
Date: 21 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
An Act having passed the present Sessions of Parliament "To Prohibit all Trade and intercourse with the several Colonies in No America therein named during the continuance of the present Rebellion within the said Colonies" in which Act it is declared that all Ships & Vessels trading to & from any of the said places except as in the said Act is excepted shall be forfeited & become the...
Date: 25 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having taken into consideration the case of Captain [John] Macartney who is under orders of suspension and has been brought to England in the Boyne, in consequence of the order (Copy of which came in your Letter of the 26th of last Month) from Vice Admiral Graves, to the Captain of the said Ship, by which Order he is forbid to go out of the Ship without...
Date: 1 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having received Intelligence of a Ship now on her passage from L'Orient to some Port in North America with 200,000 lb Salt Petre on board; I send you by their Lordships directions a Copy of the said Intelligence for your information, that you may give such Orders thereon to the Commanders of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels under your Command as you may...
Date: 4 January 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The Captains of His Majesty's Ships the Renown and Experiment having in their Letters dated at Fayal the 1st November last, informed their Lordships that in their passage thither they had seized five American Vessels bound to Falkland Islands on the Whale Fishery, and that being apprehensive they could not carry them in safety to Boston, they had sent them to England and put on board three Petty...
Date: 5 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty were pleased in a Letter from Mr. Stephens dated the 11th of Novemr last, which was forwarded by the Triton, to acquaint you that His Majesty had judged it expedient that a Body of Land Forces supported by a Squadron of Ships of War under the command of Sir Peter Parker should be sent to North or South Carolina with a view to the Objects mentioned in the...
Date: 8 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
An Act having pass'd the present Sessions of Parliament "To Prohibit all Trade & Intercourse with the several Colonies in North America therein named during the continuance of the present Rebellion within the said Colonies." In which Act it is declared that all Ships and Vessels trading to & from any of the said Places except as in the said Act is excepted shall be forfeited & become...
Date: 8 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
My Lords Commrs of the Admty having received Advices of several American Armed Vessels Cruizing in the Bay of Canso & of one in the Gulph of St Laurence I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you therewith for your information & taking such measures thereon as may appear to you to be necessary to protect the property of His Majts Subjects in those parts &c
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By the Milford
Date: 8 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3