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Whereas it has been represented to the King that there is a necessity that a Sloop of War should be immediately stationed at or near the Mouth of Savannah River in Georgia; You are hereby required and directed, in pursuance of his Majesty's Pleasure signified to Us by the Earl of Darmouth one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, to lose no time in sending thither one of the...
Date: 28 January 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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You are hereby required and directed forthwith to purchase Three Schooners upon the best and cheapest terms you can for His Majesty and to draw upon the Navy Board for the Expence thereof,
You are to cause them to be armed fitted, Manned, Victualled and Stored and put in every respect upon the same Establishment as His Majesty's Schooners already under your Command, transmitting to Us...
Date: 28 January 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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Captain [John] Linzee, Commander of His Majesty's Sloop the Falcon, (by whom you will receive this) being directed to put himself under your command and follow your Orders for his further proceedings; You are hereby required and directed to take him under your command accordingly, and employ him, and the said Sloop, in such manner as shall appear to you best for His Majesty's Service...
Date: 29 January 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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Capt [John] Collins Commander of His Majestys Sloop Nautilus (by whom you will receive this) being directed to put himself under your command & follow your Orders for his further proceedings; You are hereby required and directed to take him and the said Sloop under your command accordingly & employ them in such manner as you shall find best for his Majestys Service entrusted to...
Date: 1 March 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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Whereas His Majestys Schooner the St Lawrence has been found unfit for further Service, And Whereas we think fit, that another Schooner shall be purchased to supply her Place, You are hereby required & directed to purchase another Schooner accordingly upon the best & cheapest terms you can for His Majesty and to draw upon the Navy Board for the expence thereof.
You are to cause...
Date: 1 March 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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Captain [James] Chads Commander of His Majts. Ship the Cerberus by whom you will receive this being directed to proceed to Boston with the Major General's [William] Howe, [John] Burgoyne, & [Henry] Clinton and to return immediately afterwards to Spithead with any Dispatches you or Genl. [Thomas] Gage may have to send, You are hereby required and directed to hasten the said Captain'...
Date: 2 March 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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Having ordered Lord William Campbell Commr of His Majestys Sloop the Scorpion to proceed in her to Charles Town in South Carolina, And if upon his arrival, it may be found necessary for the King's Service that his Lordship should remain there, to send the Lieutenant or Commanding Officer of the said Sloop in her to Boston with directions to put himself under your command and follow...
Date: 28 March 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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Captain [William] Dudingston Commander of His Majesty's Sloop the Senegal (by whom you will receive this) being directed to put himself under your command and follow your Orders for his further proceedings; You are hereby required and directed to take him under your command accordingly and employ him, and the said Sloop, in such manner as you shall find best for His Majts Service...
Date: 5 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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Whereas an Act of Parliament hath passed this present Sessions entitled,
"An Act to restrain the Trade & Commerce of the Provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire & Colonies of Connecticut & Rhode Island, and Providence Plantation in North America to Great Britain, Ireland and the British Islands in the West Indies, and to prohibit such Provinces and Colonies from...
Date: 5 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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Whereas, in pursuance of the King's Order in Council of the 13th day of April last, we have caused a Vessel to be purchased fitted and armed for the Service cif William Gerrard De Brahm Esq. Surveyor General of His Majesty's American Dominions in the Southern District, and to be called the Cherokee, and have appointed Lieut John Fergusson to command her & directed him to proceed in...
Date: 6 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
The King having been pleas'd by His Order in Council of the 5th inst to Order, Require, Prohibit and Command, That no Person or Persons whatsoever except the Master Genl Lieut General or Principal Officers of the Ordnance, for His Majesty's Service do, at any time during the space of six Months, to commence from the 19th day of this Month, presume to transport into any parts out of this Kingdom,...
Date: 14 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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The King having been pleased, by His Order in Council of the 5th of this Month, to Order, Require, Prohibit, and Command, That no Person or Persons whatsoever, (except the Master General, Lieutenant General, or Principal Officers of the Ordnance, for His Majesty's Service) do, at any Time during the Space of Six Months, to commence from the 19th of this Month, presume to Transport...
Date: 15 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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Whereas an Act of Parliament hath passed this present Sessions entitled.
"An Act to restrain the Trade and Commerce of the Colonies of New Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina, to Great Britain, Ireland and the British Islands in the West Indies, under certain Conditions and Limitations."
We send you herewith Forty printed Copies of the said Act; and do hereby...
Date: 15 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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Whereas we have ordered Jno Montagu Esqr (Rear Adml of the Blue & Commander in Chief of His Majts Ships & Vessels employed and to be employed at and about the Island of Newfoundland the Islands of Madelaine & Anticosti and upon the Coast of Labrador from the River St John, to the entrance of Hudsons Straits) to apply to you, if there should be occasion, for a reinforcement...
Date: 22 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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Having order'd Lieut. [John] Hallum, who commands His Majts Storeship Adventure (by whom you will receive this) to put himself under your command & follow your Orders for his further proceedings; You are hereby required and directed to take him and the said Storeship under your command accordingly, and employ them in such manner as you shall judge best for His Majesty's Service...
Date: 29 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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Captain [John] Stanhope Commander of His Majesty's Sloop the Raven (by whom you will receive this) being directed to put himself under your Command and follow your Orders for his further proceedings; You are hereby required and directed to take him under your Command accordingly, and employ him and the said Sloop, in such manner as you shall find best for His Majesty's Service entrusted...
Date: 1 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Having received a Letter from Vice Admiral [Samuel] Graves, Commander in chief of his Majesty's Ships in North America dated the 22d of April last at Boston, giving an Account of an Engagement that had happene'd there on the 19th between his Majesty's Troops and the Rebellious Provincials, We send your Lordship herewith a Copy thereof, for his Majesty's information, and are
My Lord Your Lordship'...
Date: 12 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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Capt [Thomas] Mackenzie of His Majts Sloop the Hunter (by whom you will receive this) being directed to put himself under your command & follow your Orders for his further proceedings; You are hereby required & directed to take him under your command accordingly & employ him & the said Sloop in such manner as you shall judge best for His Majts Service entrusted to your...
Date: 15 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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Captain [David] Price of His Majesty's Sloop Viper (by whom you will receive this) being directed to put himself under your command and follow your Orders for his further proceedings; You are hereby required and directed to take him under your command accordingly, and employ him and the said Sloop in such manner as you shall judge best for His Majts. Service entrusted to your care....
Date: 20 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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The King having received Advices that not only the Four New England Governments are in open & actual Rebellion & that the People have been daring enough, amongst other Acts of Hostility, to make Seizures of several Vessels and to send the Crews to Prison, but also that the Flame has extended itself to most of the other Colonies, in which the greatest Violences have been...
Date: 6 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1