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I am sorry to find by your favour of the 14th. Ulto. that there is so little prospect of stopping the Navigation of the Potomack, by sinking of Vessels, or Cheveaux de Frieze; the Channel being not only deep but wide in those places which you judged most likely to admit of these obstructions. What ever plan you adopt, if executed at the expence of Individuals, should be as extensive as possible...
Date: 8 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Sir Captain Manly of the Lee Armed Schooner has taken & sent into Beverly Two prizes since I wrote you last, which was the 7 Inst, one of them is the Ship Jenny Capt Forster who left London late in October, he has very unfortunately thrown all his papers overboard, is not yet arrived at Camp, If he does, before I close this, I will let you know what Information I get from him, his Vessell is...
Date: 11 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The Two french Gentlemen, who will appear before you with this, brought recommendations to me from Governor Cooke of Providence, their names are, Messieurs Pennet & Depliarne.
They propose a plan for supplying this Continent with Arms & Ammunition, which appears to me very eligible, as I am not acquainted with the extent of Schemes already formed by Congress for the attainment of these...
Date: 14 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Sir I received your favour of the 2 Instant with the several Resolves of Congress therein Inclosed ー The Resolves relative to Captures made by Continental armed vessells only want a Court Established for Trial to make them complete ー This I hope will be soon done, as I have taken the Liberty to urge it often to Congress.
I am somewhat at a Loss to know whether I am to raise the Two...
Date: 14 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Your favour of the 11 Inst was handed me by the Two French Gentlemen, Monsieurs Penet & De pli[a]rne, for which I am exceedingly obliged to you ー I have heard their proposals & plan for supplyg the Continent with Arms & Ammunition, which appear plausible & to promise success; But not thinking myself authorized to Enter into any contract respecting the same, & being not fully...
Date: 14 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Acknowledged receipt of his letter with petition from Committee of Correspondence of Beverly ー If any Cannon not immediately wanting for the armed Vessels to be lent them ー Shot to be lent ー powder found on board the prizes to be detained in his hands &if absolutely wanting for the Town, to be lent
Wm Bartlett Esqr
Date: 15 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Observations of this day.
Last evening eight men came in a boat from Boston to our guard at the ferry, six of them captains of vessels. They brought the following account.
Yesterday one large mortar was carried over to Bunker hill, the troops filling water, carrying it on board the transports ー provisions scarce; not more than sufficient for six weeks ー one regiment of foot and three companies of...
Date: 16 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
By sundry persons and accounts just from Hoston, I am informed, that the Minesterial Army is in very great distress for want of fresh Provisions and having received intelligence that there are 200 fat Cattle on Block Island and some Transport Vessels cruizing that way, in quest of Necessaries for the Army, I must request you to have the Cattle &c removed from thence immediately, and from...
Date: 17 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
We have just been informed of a Circumstance, which were it not so well authenticated I should scarcely think credible ー it is, that Colonel Allen who (with his small party) was defeated and taken prisoner near Montreal, has been treated without regard to decency, humanity, or the rules of War ー that he has been thrown into Irons & suffers all the hardships inflictd upon Common Felons ー I...
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Sir Captain Manly of the Lee armed Schooner took & sent into Beverly the sloop Betsey, A. Atkinson master, she is an armed vessell, dispatchd by Lord Dunmore with Indian Com, Potatoes & Oats for the Army in Boston ー the paquetts of Letters found on board I have the honor to send you with this, by Captain James Chambers, they being of so much importance that I do not think, it...
Date: 18 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
ordered to deliver up the vessells sent into Marblehead by Broughton & Sillman, to their owners ー 2
Date: 19 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The Letter accompanying this, was wrote before your favour of the 19 p Express came to hand. ー Under my present Instructions, and more especially in my present situation, I could not justifye the Sending a Regiment from these Lines to you, Unless there was an apparent design of Landing a body of Ministerial Troops on Rhode Island; At present I do not think this is to be apprehended, as a Deserter...
Date: 20 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Sir I had the honour to address myself to you the 19 Instant, since which I have received undoubted Information, that the genuine instructions given to Conolly, have not reached your hands, that they are very artfully concealed in the tree of his saddle & covered with Canvas so nicely, that they are scarcely discerned, that those which were found upon him, are Intended to deceive if he should...
Date: 25 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
I fear the destination of the vessels from your port is so generally known, as to defeat the end. Two men-of-war (forty guns), it is said, put into New York the other day, and were instantly ordered out, supposed to be for Virginia.
Date: 25 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
acknowledged rect of his of the 23d inst ー & informed him that application had been made to Gen [William] Howe for exchange of prisoners, to which Mr Howe was silent
Date: 26 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
acknowledged rect of his of the 25th relative to the sloop Sally, retaken by Capt [Winborn] Adams, 2 Sent into Marblehead desired him to get information to whom the vessell & Cargo belongd ー if in danger to Land the Cargo. 3 ー avoid embezzelment &c
Date: 26 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Lord Dunmore's letters to General Howe, which very fortunately fell into my hands, and were enclosed by me to Congress, will let you pretty fully into his diabolical schemes. If, my dear Sir, that man is not crushed before spring, he will become the most formidable enemy America has; his strength will increase as a snow ball by rolling; and faster, if some expedient cannot be hit upon to convince...
Date: 26 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
ordered him to advertize in the Cambridge & Watertown papers, at Least eight days before that of the sale of any goods taken by the Contl Armed vessels ー
Date: 28 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Captain Freeman, arrived this day at Camp from Canada, he Left Quebec the 24th ultmo in Consequence of General Carleton's proclamation, which I have the honor to send you herewith ー he saw Col Arnold the 26th ー and says that he was joind at Point au Tremble by General Montgomery the 1st instant that they were about 2000 Strong & were makeing every preparation for attacking Quebec, that...
Date: 31 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
By his Excellency George Washington, Esqr, Commander in Chief of the Army of the United Colonies.
To William Burke, Esqr
By virtue of the powers & authorities to me given by the Honourable Continental Congress, I do hereby Constitute & appoint you Captain and Commander of the Schooner Warren, now lying at Beverly port, in the Service of the United Colonies of North America, To have, hold...
Date: 1 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3