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I do hereby certify that I am and have been for a Number of Years acquainted with Captn Bennett Mathews that during a great Part of that Time he followed the Sea and commanded a Ship of which he was as I understood half Owner, that I have always heard that he had served a regular Apprentiship to the Sea and followed it 'till a few Years ago when he retired to a paternal Estate, he has always bore...
Date: 29 December 1776
Volume: Volume 7
Two Deserters from the Isis came in to the Company of Militia stationed in Gunpowder Neck under the Charge of Lieutenant Thomas they are sent to your Excellency as the Intelligence they bring is of Importance to the United States in General and this in particular I thought in Conjunction with the Officers they ought to be speedily conveyed to You
They say One Half of the Fleet is to go into...
Date: 6 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9