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Not having heard, or imagining that there will be any alteration in the measures relative to North America, I have written a letter to Mr [Philip] Stephens which I have desired him to communicate to your Lordship, directing some farther reinforcements which are pointed out by Admiral [Samuel] Graves as Necessary; and which if approved by your Lordship & the rest of His Majesty's confidential...
Date: 29 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Hessom arrived here this Morng and I now redispatch him with Answers to such Parts of the Letters you have sent me, as require Measures to be immediately taken upon them.
Sir H[ugh] Palliser & I are of Opinion that in consequence of Adml [Samuel] Graves's Wish to have more Boats, the Navy Board should be directed to supply each Ship for America with a Cutter on [or] Yawl above the Established...
Date: 29 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Lord Sandwich has the pleasure to forward to your Majesty the dispatches & private letters which are just brought to him by Lieutenant Fooks of the Lizard.
Mr Fooks is with the Messenger that is charged with these dispatches, in case your Majesty should chuse to ask him any question.
Mr Fooks met the Carysfort & Pearl with the Troops from Ireland about 7 Leagues below Quebec on the night...
Date: 24 June 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Lord Sandwich allso desires to inform your Majesty that the Ordnance Board (as he is informed by Mr Wilkinson the Agent for transports) recieved an anonimous letter to the same purpose as that written to Captain [Archibald] Dickson,2 before the Hope Storeship sailed from Portsmouth; in consequence of which they sent orders that the passenger who had been mentioned as in connection with...
Date: 10 July 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Lord Sandwich has the honour to inform your Majesty that finding no trace of the Glasgow transport in this office, (except one of that name that could not possibly be with Sir Peter Parker) he desired Sir Hugh Palliser to write to Captain Hope for what information he could give relative to the vessel that was taken by the Rebels in Carolina.
Lord Sandwich takes the liberty to trouble your Majesty...
Date: 6 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
My Lord — I am to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's private letter of the 7th of August, and have the happiness at the same time of congratulating you upon the very great and successful outset of your campaign, from which in this part of the world we all form to ourselves the most pleasing ideas of what is to follow.
You may be assured that everything within my department that you can...
Date: 17 October 1776
Volume: Volume 7
My dear Lord — Sir Hugh Palliser came to me this morning by appointment that we might consider what steps are necessary to be taken in the present alarming situation. The accounts of the French armaments multiply so fast that I must tell your Lordship that every hour is precious, as the French are certainly greatly ahead in their preparations, and I dread the consequence of their being at sea...
Date: 20 October 1776
Volume: Volume 7
A general Press without delay.
The Guardships to be manned to their War Establishment.
The Guardships at Chatham & Plymouth to proceed immediately to Spithead.
The 12 Ships of the Line that are ready to recieve men to be put into Commission.
More Ships to be got in readiness to recieve men.
Shipwrights to work extra.
To encrease the number of Shipwrights and Ropemakers
Navy Board to com pleat...
Date: 23 October 1776
Volume: Volume 7
. . . In my former private letter, your Lordship will observe that I have promised you every reinforcement you. think necessary to be with you in the spring, and you may depend upon my adhering to that engagement; but the conduct of France and Spain is so mysterious that it is impossible to say what demands we may have for line of battle ships in the course of the winter; however, as I have...
Date: 6 November 1776
Volume: Volume 7
. . . Your Majesty will allso find in the box the state of men raised last week, and some Marine Commissions for your Royal Signature. Your Majesty probably has allready seen the minute of the resolution taken by the Committee of your servants, relative to the refusal of the Lord Mayor to back the Press Warrants, Lord Sandwich however ventures to send it. at that meeting the Attorney &...
Date: 21 November 1776
Volume: Volume 7
I am exceedingly obliged to you for the favour of your letter, which brought us the first particulars of what had lately passed at New York; for as the Fowey which has the dispatches on board is not yet arrived, we were totally in the dark about the motions of the armies, the Captain of the Active not having told us a single word of the state of things at the time of his sailing; & I think I...
Date: 18 December 1776
Volume: Volume 7
I read your letter with some anxiety till I came to the last line of it, which told me that the young man you wish to introduce into the Marines was 19 years of age: had he been under 15 or more than 21, I could not have gratified my inclination to oblige you; but as he is of the proper age you may be assured that I shall have particular pleasure in recommending him to his Majesty for a...
Date: 21 December 1776
Volume: Volume 7
I concluded there was some mistake about your asking for all your men, as I well recollected what had passed when I had the pleasure of seeing you; I am allso perswaded that you will remember that I declared against disabling the Blonde as she is wanted for immediate service, which cannot be dispensed with I therefore must hope you will not pursue your object of having 50 of her men, which would...
Date: 17 January 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Lord Sandwich apprehends that your Majesty wishes that General Burgoyne should go to Canada with as little delay as possible, if he goes in the Apollo, as she must take a convoy with her, some time must be lost in her passage; and as she is still at Plymouth & not quite ready for sea, it does not seem probable that she will be able to sail from Spithead before the end of the month.
The...
Date: 18 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Dear Sir, ー As you will now have a very great naval force under your command, and as the eyes of all the world are now fixed on your operations, I think it incumbent upon me to speak freely to you, and to tell you the general opinion of mankind here with regard to the state of affairs in America.
The nation (except some factious and interested opponents) are in a manner unanimous in their...
Date: 25 August 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Sir ー It gives me great concern to be obliged to inform you that I have received his Majesty's commands for your returning home at the close of this year. In a letter I wrote to you not long ago, I mentioned that the world in general expected something essential to be done both by the fleet and army, and General Gage's return to England has made my resistance to your being recalled utterly...
Date: 17 September 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Dear SirーI take the chance of catching you at Plymouth to apprise you that five regiments from Ireland are ordered to embark without delay; and as the transports are already engaged, will probably sail the beginning of December. Their destination is to North Carolina, in order to take possession of that province and to make a powerful diversion by that means to the attacks of the rebels in the...
Date: 24 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
In answer to some strictures made by the noble duke2 who spoke last, he defended the conduct of the naval officer who commanded on the American station, and seemed to hint some degree of censure upon the operations on shore. He confessed, that things were much altered, and that it was necessary to considerably augment our navy; that he had already taken every precaution in his power;...
Date: 26 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
I find that the Comptroller of the Navy is well acquainted with the harbour of Cape Fear, & that he is of opinion that ships even of twenty guns cannot get over the bar; it seems therefore absolutely necesary for us to be informed what kind of naval assistance will be wanted for the debarcation of the troops; for if it is expected that their landing should be covered by men of war, I much...
Date: 30 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
I am honored with your Lordships letter by Lieutenant [Thomas] Pringle, whose opinion gives me great hopes that Quebec will hold out till succours arrive. Your Lordship willfind that everything will be done by Sir H: [Hugh] Pallisser the same as if I was on the spot, if I was not certain that would be the case, no consideration should have made me stir from town.
I have received a letter from...
Date: 28 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3