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Yours of the 28th of May has just come to hand & the Board of War are very uneasy that you have not been able to procure a Crew for the Ship Union, which they suppose is compleatly loaded & in other respects ready for Sea, They therefore direct you to go immediately thro' the whole Eastern Country, if necessary, & get a sufficient number of Hands for your Ship on the best Terms you...
Date: 2 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
Inclos'd you have Copy of a Letter from Governour Cook to the Presi dent of the Council: — 2 The Fleet therein mention'd are suppos'd to be intended to interrupt & destroy if possible our Fleet under Commodore Manly: — You will therefore dispatch the first Spy Boat that may be with you, in quest of our Fleet with a Letter to the Commodore, & a Copy of Governour Cooke's Letter...
Date: 5 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
Government thinks fit to advise you thro' this Board that on Sunday last 10 o'clock A M, a Sloop was chas'd off the Gurnet as far as the Heights of Marshfeild by Two Frigates & one other Large Ship, which from the distance between her Masts when she put about appear'd to be at least a 50 Gun Ship. Our Informant had a full View of these three Ships, & judged them to be British tho' they...
Date: 10 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
We rec'd your Letter of the 18th from Truro & have sent a small Sloop James Soule Master to take on Board your Lading, which you will with all possible Expedition ship on Board his Sloop — As it is not in our power to sell the Salt you will put it on Board this Sloop. — You will let us know what Situation your Vessel is in, that such Measures may be taken by us, as shall be most for the...
Date: 23 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
The Board of War have the Pleasure of congratulating you on the Arrival of the Brig Penet at the Eastward from Nantes in 43 days — Capt [Nicholas] Bartlett sent an Express informing of it — but for what reason we know not, he has detain'd whatever Letters he may have brought for either of us; — In the Penet Capt Chapman of our Ship Versailles came Passenger he arriv'd in 45 Days in France, &...
Date: 24 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
We have the Pleasure to forward your Letters from France with our Wishes that the Intelligence the[y] contain may be agreeable, — That you may see the State of our Correspondence with your House we inclose Copy's of the Letters rec'd from them — The two Large Ships with Lumber & Spars will sail soon, but the utter impracticability of engaging Seamen in this Town has hitherto prevented our...
Date: 27 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
Order'd That Mr [Ellis] Gray deliver Capt Bradford one hundred hair blankets for Ship Raleigh
Order'd That the Corny deliver Capt Clouston fresh Provisions & Greens for his Crew as often as the Capt shall direct
Date: 9 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
You are hereby appointed to the command of the Guard Ship Adams now in this Harbour, by us provided agreeably to an Act of this State for the reception of all Persons convicted of being inimical to this & the other united States, & whose Residence in this State may be dangerous to the Public Peace & Safety; — You are accordingly to enter on said command & to receive on Board said...
Date: 10 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
Order'd The Corny deliver John Bradford Esq 300 weight Sheet & 300 wt Bar Lead for the Continental Ship commanded by Capt [Samuel] Chew,2 he paying for it
Date: 12 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
You are hereby desir'd & authoris'd to proceed to Dartmouth & there if possible procure two swift sailing spy Boats with the utmost Expedition, if convenient to take some small Arms & Eight or Ten Men & Provisions proper, & sufficient Defence to keep of[f] Boats, and proceed out the Sound & if possible gain Intelligence of the Fleet & Army ready to sail from New York...
Date: 13 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
May it please your Honors —
It having been suggested that Capt Fisk of the State armed Brig Massachusetts, has failed in point of Duty on a Cruise in Company with the Continental Brig Cabot & the State Brig Tyrannicide, and as Capt Fisk is anxious for some Means of clearing his Character from all Aspersions, we pray your Honors to order either a Court Martial or Court of Inquiry that Justice...
Date: 31 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9