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General [James] Moore laid before the Council a Letter from Francis Parry, Captain of the Cruizer Ship of War and another from Mr Francis Clayton proposing an exchange of a prisoner.
The Council are of Opinion That General Moore may send down Mr Stephen in Exchange for Mr Clayton agreeable to the proposal made by Mr Clayton through Mr Parry.
Date: 8 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Armed Brig the Pensylvania Farmer at New Bern, deliver out of the public Stores in their Possession, to John Wright Stanley Twenty peices of Canvas, taking his Obligation with Security to deliver into their Hands at a reasonable price good Dutch Oznabrigs sufficient to pay the value of the said Canvas.
Date: 13 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Resolved That Colo Joseph Leech, James Davis, Esquire, and Mr David Baron, be appointed to value the Cannon on Oath, imported into New Bern by Capt Elms, and send a return of said valuation to this Council that satisfaction may be made to the owner.
Resolved That the Commissioners of the Armed Brig Pensylvania Farmer at New Bern do take for the use of the said Brigg eight of the most suitable...
Date: 14 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Resolved, That Courts of Justice for hearing and determining Maritime Matters be and hereby are established at the Ports of Edenton Bath New Bern and Wilmington; and that the following Persons be appointed Judges of the said Courts to wit Jasper Charlton Esquire for the port of Edenton Christopher Neale Esquire, for the port of New Bern and Thomas Respess junior Esquire for the port of Bath and...
Date: 22 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
The Congress having applied to the president of the Council of Safety of South Carolina for the purchase of twenty peices of Cannon, (double fortified Six pounders) imported into this province by Capt Thomas Nelmes in the Schooner Little Thomas which Vessel is now lying at New Bern; and Mr Edward Blake the half owner thereof having signified in a Letter to said Captain Nelmes, that the President...
Date: 27 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Resolved That Christopher Neale Esquire Judge of the Court of Admiralty at Port New Bern do immediately proceed on the Trial of the Brigantine William seized as British property and now lying at the said Port agreeable to the Resolves of the Congress.
Date: 2 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Resolved That Mr David Baron be permitted to Ship to the French, Dutch or Neutral West India Islands twenty six thousand and four hundred White Oak Staves, Fifty two thousand red Oak Staves, two thousand five hundred White Oak Hogshead heading, and Fifty thousand twenty two Inches Shingles, The said David Baron first entering into Bond with Security before the Commissioners for the port of New...
Date: 3 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Whitmill Hill Esquire one of the Commissioners appointed by the Provincial Council to Charter a Vessel or Vessels and agree with Masters and Seamen to proceed on a Voyage at the expence of this province for Arms and Ammunition exhibitted his account whereby it appears that he hath received from the public Treasury the Sum off fifteen hundred pounds, that he hath regularly laid out and Expended in...
Date: 4 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Resolved That the Judges of the Courts of Justice for hearing and determining Maritime Matters at the Ports of Edenton Bath New Bern and Wilmington shall before they enter upon the Execution of their respective Offices take the following Oath to wit. "I A.B ー do swear upon the holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that I will in all Cases which may come before me as Judge of the Court of Justice for...
Date: 10 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Whereas it is necessary that the directions of the Congress respecting Exportation be fully and strictly observed.
Resolved That the Commissioners of the different ports do receive from the Captains of all Vessels on Oath a Manifest of their Cargo, before they grant any Clearance or permit to leave this Colony, and that the Commanders of the Armed Vessels, the Companies of Militia on the Sea...
Date: 26 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Resolved That Captain James Anderson who Commands the Independant Company stationed at Occacock do as soon as possible send an Officer with a sufficient Number of Men under his Command to Cape Hatteras Banks and to remove three peices of Iron Ordnance over the said Banks to Pamplico Sound and to Transport the Cannon from thence to South Key on Black Water and then deliver the same to the Virginia...
Date: 27 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Resolved That John Gale or William Calvert be appointed to the Command of the Brigantine Betsey now lying in Edenton Bay and Laden with a Cargo of Tobacco on the Continental Account and Bound on a Voyage to Europe, and should they both refuse to take the Command of the said Brigantine in that case the Committee of the Town of Edenton be impowered to appoint some person well skilled in the Art of...
Date: 1 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Resolved That John Webb of Halifax be permitted to Export to any of the French or Dutch Islands in the Sloop King Fisher James Ducaine Master eighteen thousand Hogshead Staves he having entered into Bond and Security in the sum of two thousand pounds to import into this province the Net proceeds of the Staves abovementioned in Salt Arms, Ammuntion and other Warlike Stores
Date: 5 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Capt Hardy Owner of the Brig Betsey bound on a Voyage to Hamburg on Continental Service having represented to this Board that he himself risques the Vessel against the danger of Seas and the barratry of the Master and that [John] Gale and [William] Colvert nominated by this Board as proper Persons to take the Command of her are strangers to him and he apprehends unacquainted with those Seas to...
Date: 7 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Richard Dunnivan lately belonging to the Syren man of War a prisoner on parole in Halifax came before the Council and moved that he might be Naturalized and Admitted to the privileges of a Free Citizen of this State, and to this end declared that he was willing to take an Oath of Allegiance to the States which being granted and he having taken and subscribed to an Oath for that purpose Resolved...
Date: 9 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Resolved that a Copy of the Valuation and Appraisement of sundry Vessells sometime since Sunk to obstruct the Navigation of Cape Fear River be Transmitted to Nicholas Long Esquire, That he apply to the Committee of Wilmington for the Inventories therein mentioned and take into his possession the Masts, Yards, Sails, Rigging, Cables, Anchors, and other Apparel to the said Vessels belonging, and...
Date: 26 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
John Hamilton appearing before this Board in behalf of John Hamilton and Company and suggesting that they had been aggrieved by the determination of this Board relative to the Brigantine William directed by the Congress held at Halifax in April last to be seized as British property, and praying an Appeal from the determination of this Board to the next Congress, and that all further proceedings...
Date: 28 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Resolved That the Commissary of Stores or his deputy or Captain Forster at Wilmington do deliver to the Commissioners at Edenton appointed to fit out the Armed Vessell King Taminy out of the Public Stores at Wilmington such Materials as the said Commissioners may apply for taking a Receipt for the sameー
Resolved That Sylvanus Pendleton Esquire Commander of the Armed Brigg King Taminy fitted out...
Date: 1 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Resolved That Ambrose Knox and Company William Brown, John Chase and Daniel Cartwright be permitted to 'send to Sea the Sloop Polly taken into Possession by Andrew Little and Robert Hardy in consequence of a Resolve of this Board; on the said Ambrose Knox and Company William Brown and John Chase's giving Bond and Security to the president of the Congress of the State and his Successor in the sum...
Date: 19 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Mr John Chase made Application for Letters of Marque and Reprisal for the Sloop Polly belonging to Arnbrose [Knox] and Company, William Brown John Chase and Daniel Cartwright of this State and hath also delivered in a Schedule of the Number of Guns the names of the Officers the Provisions and Warlike Stores on Board and hath given Bond and Security agreeable to the Resolutions of the Continental...
Date: 21 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6