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The alarming situation of public affairs in this country, & the late unfortunate transactions in the Province of the Massatts Bay, have induced the General Assembly of this Colony, now sitting in this place to appoint a Committee of their body to wait upon your Excellency to desire me, in their name to write to you relative to these very interesting mattersー
The inhabitants of this Colony are...
Date: 28 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Your letter of the Seventeenth Instant with the In closed resolve of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts Bay, was delivered to me by Colo [James] Easton, and communicated to the General Assembly, who have desired me to return their Congratulations on the Reduction of Ticonderoga, a Fortress truly Important, and to assure you they entertain a proper Sense of the Merit of those Officers and...
Date: 25 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I am desired to in close you a Copy of a Letter from the Congress of New York to this Assembly dated 25th instant which you will receive herewith p Mr [John] Brown who is on his Return from the Continental Congress ー The Contents of the abovementioned Letter were imediately taken into Consideration of this Assembly ー in Consequence whereof they came into the followg Resolutions That one thousand...
Date: 29 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
In my Letter of the 7th instant, you are informed of my having your favour of the 27th of June, and of the proceedings of our Assembly on its contents, and on the earnest request of the Massachusetts Congress to augment our Troops in the public Service. ー In our hurry it was omitted, that near the ending of the session, It was Resolved That two Vessels of a suitable Burden be immediately fitted...
Date: 18 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
All that we can do is to deliver to Captain [Asa] Douglass forty half barrels [of powder] which he will immediately proceed with agreeable to your order; Our Engineer (Col. [Edward] Mott) at Ticonderoga, has requested that a commander for one of the armed vessels upon Lake George, may be sent up from this Colony ー a Captain [Robert] Niles with whom he is acquainted, and who is probably well...
Date: 6 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I have recd from Col. [Benjamin] Hinman & others very favourable Accounts of the Disposition of the Canadians towards the General Cause, and their Desire that our Army may penetrate into their Province &c Suppose you are fully acquainted with their Intelligence. I shall therefore only trouble you with some Information I have recd from Capt. John Bigelow a Gentleman of Harford who was...
Date: 17 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I received your Letter of Yesterday respecting the Alarm occasioned by the Arrival of three Men of War at New London ー In Answer to your Quere ー must say ー I think it prudent to keep up good Guards ー with Injunctions to keep the strictest Look out ー any Mischief to happen to the Flour ー or Molass[es] at the Land'g ー must be very unhappy ー it is very probable their Design is partly to intercept...
Date: 28 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Your's of this day P Capt [Eli] Leavensworth is before me Observe the Contents ー Hope [William] Packwood may arrive Soon; however think it best That as New York, I hear have lately received a quantity of Powder, That the three hundred weight sent to General [David] Wooster be returned in whole or in part ー have therefore written an Order below for that End, I think at Present That the Soldiers...
Date: 22 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Mr William Warner, the bearer hereof, hath undertaken to go mate on board the Brigantine Minerva, burthen 113 Tons, an Armed Vessel ordered to be fitted out for Defence of our Coasts Capt Giles Hall, to be comander. ー This young Gentleman, son to Capt Oliver Ring Warner of Newport, now residing at Middletown, coming on business to Providence and Newport is instructed to procure a good Gunner for...
Date: 24 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Would acquaint your Honor that upon application being lately made to the Honorable Continental Congress, to have the cannon and such other of the stores which Commodore Hopkins brought from New Providence, except what was necessary for the fleet, to be left at New London for the defence of that port; the Congress considering the importance of having that place well fortified, passed a resolve...
Date: 14 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Sir On consideration of the Advantageous Situation, and natural provisions & circumstances of the Harbour of New London, to render it a place of Safety for the Shipping of the Colony, as well as of the Continental fleet, We were induced to set ourselves to fortify it, at Mamacook, Winthrop's Neck and on the Rock, and height on Groton Side, places fit for the purpose, & were seeking the...
Date: 27 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Hond Sirs We cannot but express our uneasiness, disappointment & surprise at the late Resolution of Congress for the removal of the Cannon from New London ー When we had, relying upon the faith of that respectable Body, in consequence of their former Resolution2 made upon mature deliberation, as we imagined, and upon a full hearing and knowledge of the circumstances, and Importance...
Date: 17 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
In conformity to Resolve of Congress of 27th ulto I sent to Mr [Nathaniel] Shaw for an Account of the Cannon left at New London by Commodore Hopkins, their number, size, bore and weight; and also an account of the other Cannon there. Enclosed is Copy of his Return made to me;2 by which it appears, that if the fourteen heaviest Cannon had been sent to Philadelphia, there would not have...
Date: 13 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I have sent you by Captain [Seth] Harding your appointment as Agent for the Colony, for the purpose therein mentioned. We are informed by him that he expects a number on board his brig may soon be taken by the small-pox, as they were much exposed before he left Boston. If any should be taken with that infectious disease, you will take timely and prudent care for their being provided for, either...
Date: 15 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
This will be delivered to you by the Captain of one of our Row Gallies, two of which, the Whiting and the Crane are ordered to proceed to New York forthwith and put themselves under your Command. The third is stationed at Stonington which may be exposed to suffer from the attack of a single Ship, several of which are now cruising near it, if the Galley is removed from thence ー
The great desire I...
Date: 16 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I have ordered two of our Row Galleys to proceed to New York, and trust they will be with you at the receipt of this ー They have no Guns larger than nine pounders ー I wish it may be in your power to make them more useful by replacing heavier metal upon them whilst they continue in your service....
Since the arrival of the Fleet and Army at the Hook, several Frigates and Ships have been stationed...
Date: 17 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Sir This Colony has been so unfortunate as to employ two Brigs one afteranother both of which have proved bad Sailors, the last of the two beingwell recommended, was purchased by this State and fitted in the best manner, this indeed, by Divine Favor was successful in taking one Ship and Brigin Nantasket Road near Boston, and afterwards assisted in taking another Ship in the Bay, of which you have...
Date: 20 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Dear Sir I Intend to give you a State of Our Army from Canada.
How they will maintain their Naval Superiority, I must confess myself much at a loss ー They Build a Gundola perhaps one in a Week ー but where are they to find rigging for them, where the Guns, to be sure they have a great Train of Artillery, but they are very few of them mounted on Carriages, at present their Materials and...
Date: 26 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
New York, July 24th, 1776.
Governor Trumbull having informed me by letter yesterday, that since the arrival of the fleet at the Hook, many of the enemy's frigates and ships have been stationed between Montauk Point and Block Island to intercept the trade from the Sound, and in which they had been but too successful in taking several provision vessels, and of the impossibility that any should...
Date: 27 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I wrote you yesterday since which Capt Seth Warner one of the Sea Captains you mention caine to me, and hath consented to undertake and raise a Company of Seamen for the Lake Service ー He informs me that he can soon procure twenty Seamen here and as many more out of the Companies in Colo [Samuel] Mott's Regiment which went from his neighbourhood, and are at or on their march to Skeensborough ー I...
Date: 13 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6