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Sr You are hereby directed to man two whale Boats out of your Company, & keep them constantly cruising off & on the Coast, & direct them to acquaint all Vessels bound to Piscataqua, having Provisions, Salt, or Molasses on board, that the Man of War there has orders to Seize them; and advise them to get into York, Newbury-Port, Hampton, or Rye, as they may judge expedient.
by order of...
Date: 15 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
directed Capt [Henry] Elkins to order his Boatmen to put in to t,he Shoals & bring to Hampton any Cannon Shot they may find there, if the People at the Shoals will allow it to be done.
Date: 26 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Ordered Joshua Bracket, Esqr, Judge of the Court Maritime, to pay Capt Titus Salter the Sum off 255—17—5 3/4, after deducting what is due to him for fees, being money in his hands, part of the Sales of the Rigging of the Ship prince George — Copy on file.
Also ordered the Rec[eive]r General to pay Capt Titus Salter one hundred pounds to be accounted for by him as follows:
Took a Receipt (which is...
Date: 23 January 1777
Volume: Volume 7
Ordered the Recr Genl to pay Timthy Bradley & Jonathan Eastman £6-15, for boarding five officers, late of the Schooner George, 3 weeks at 9 / Each pr Week
Date: 29 January 1777
Volume: Volume 7
The Committee are informed, by Col [Pierse] Long, that you have enlisted as marines to go on board the Raleigh ship of War, Sundry soldiers belonging to his Regiment, now under marching orders for Ticonderoga. The Committee have seen no Resolve or Vote of Congress that will justify such proceeding, and think it very prejudicial to the public service, and that you ought to release them immediately...
Date: 4 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
Resolved that it is the opinnion of this Committee that no Soldier nor Seaman be permitted to Enter on board any Vessel of war belonging to any other State untill our own Quota of men in the Continental armey is compleated, and the Raleigh and other Vessels of war belonging to this State is fully mann'd; and the Selectmen & Committee of Safety of the Town of Portsmouth; and the Commander of...
Date: 19 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
You are hereby directed to take Command of the Batteries on Pierce's & Sevey's Islands and keep a constant Guard at each with your Company, taking Care to exercise them in the handling & management of Cannon & such other Exercises as you shall think necessary to make them Capable of doing their Duty at said Fortifications. You are not to suffer any Vessel to pass said Fortifications...
Date: 27 September 1775
Volume: Volume 2
To the Committee appointed to Build Batterys to command the passage in Piscataqua River:
Gentlemen: It is Tho't expedient to lay a Boom across the River from Peirce's to Seevey's Island, Strong enough to hinder the passage of Vessels, if possible. Therefore you are desired to take such condemned Masts as you can find most proper for the occasion, and fit a Boom for the aforesaid purpose, by...
Date: 28 September 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Received a Letter from the Committee of Portsmouth, informing of the Capture of the Ship Prince George, by a Sub Committee, with a Copy of Genl Washington's Letter to sd Committee, about the Cargo of said Ship.
Ordered George King, Esqr to take Charge of the Cargo of the Ship Prince George, & to deliver to Samuel Cutts, Esqr one hundred Bbls. of Flour, at such Times & in such Quantities...
Date: 10 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
The Committee of Safety for the Town of Portsmouth have represented to us that the Ship Prince George Capt Richard Emms Master from Bristol bound to Boston with Provisions for the Army there, is now in their Port & in their Custody, that they had represented the Matter to your Excellency, & that You had desired the whole Cargo might be forwarded to the Army under your Command ー This...
Date: 11 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Gentlemen ー On the 2d of this Inst. the ship Prince George, Richard Emms, Master, from Bristol bound to Boston with 1892 Barrels of Flour for the use of General Gage's army, came into our Harbour & was boarded by a number of men under the command of Lieut. Pickering of the Matross Company, & Brot up to Portsmouth, where she is detained. Gen. Washington has been consulted...
Date: 12 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Sr If the enclosed meet you on the Road to the place of your duty where you have for some hours been waited for, you will determine whether your presence may be of Most Importance here or at Portsmouth & will conduct according the Committee are of opinion that it is best to forward as much of the Flour as your Exigencies will admit of ー & if a less quantity is detained than was proposed...
Date: 16 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Joshua Wentworth, Esqr having appli'd to us for permission of a Vessel, addressed to him from Antigua, to return there, & we having deliberated on the matter, are of the opinion that it will not infringe upon the Continental Association if permission be granted accordingly, & have agreed that she be permitted to depart, provided the said Mr. Wentworth & the master give security to...
Date: 17 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
You are desired to Sell at 20 pr Cwt. a Quantity of the Flour lately put under your Care, not exceeding 300 bbls. to such Persons as appear as purchasers, taking Care that no person monopolize a large Quantity, & out of the money arising from the Sale, pay the Seamen of the Ship Prince George ー Richard Emms, Master ー the Wages that Shall appear due to them, agreeable to their original...
Date: 18 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
In Committee of Safety, Octr 18, 1775. We have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of yrs of the 15th Inst. & we are deeply sensible of your benevolence towards the Inhabitants of Portsmo.
We have consulted the Committee of that Town and concluded to forward the whole cargo except 400 barrels.
A person of integrity is appointed to weigh off & take an Account of the whole Cargo, to sell...
Date: 18 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
On the Report that a Fleet was expected to attack the Capital of the Colony, the Committee was desired to repair thither in order to take into their Consideration what was necessary immediately to be done.
Date: 23 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Sirー This Committee in consequence of your Representation are deeply Impress'd with gratitude to General Washington for his early attention and kindness to this Colony in sending you with some forces to protect their metropolis from the threatened invasion, and hope the same generous disposition will induce him to continue his assistance while our Danger remains.
The number of men you propose to...
Date: 27 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
To Wm. Knight & Josh. Wentworth, Esqrs, Capts Peame, Thompson & Clapp:
It having been represented to this Committee, as necessary that a number of vessels should be properly moor'd above the Boom on Piscataqua River, in order to prevent the passage of the Enemy's ships up the River, We do therefore desire you, or any three of you to take a sufficient number of the meanest vessels you can...
Date: 27 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Wrote Wm Knight, Esqr & others, desiring them to appraise & place Vessels in Piscataqua Harbour.
Date: 27 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Gave Colo [Joshua] Wingate orders respecting . . . care of the fire raft ー copy filed.
received a Petition of Richd Emms & Matthew Morely; ordered that it lay.
Received a Letter from Messrs Dean [Silas Deane]; [John] Adams & [George] Wythe, of the Continental Congress, dated the 19th Oct., 1775, with a resolve of Said Congress relative to the Damage done the Several Colones by the Enemy ー...
Date: 24 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2