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I have now by me Sixty Barrells of Gun powder & twenty two Barrells of Sulphur, which I am desirous of Shipping to America for the province of Maryland, for whose use I purchased it. ー If therefore, you will take it on board the Schooner John, belonging to Messrs Jenifer & Hooe, & now commanded by you, and will safely deliver it to any Committee in Maryland, Virginia or Pennsylvania;...
Date: 14 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I sailed from Dartmouth, in the sloop Nancy, on the 9th of September, 1775, bound to the coast of Africa; on the 4th of November arrived at Goree, at which place I began to make my trade; from thence proceeded down to Mountsirarder ー On the 10th of January, 1776, laying at anchor at the above-mentioned place, I was taken by the sloop of war called the Atalanter, Thomas Underwood, commander;2...
Date: 17 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Your Letter of the 1st ulto I had the Honor of recieving a few days ago by way of Statia, and agreeable to your request, immediately waited on the Governor, Count Dargout, with the several interesting Resolves it contained; which I have the Happiness to inform you were recieved with politeness & Thanks, perused with pleasure, and are now on the way to the Court of France.2 I...
Date: 20 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
On Saturday 27 July 1776, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, I was in sight of the road of St. Pierre where I found an English warship laying at anchor. A short time later, I saw that she set sail in order to come towards us: at 9 o'clock, she was coming straight at us as much as we could judge. We must have been about two leagues from St. Pierre then. At half past nine, they spoke to us in French...
Date: 28 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
One hour after noon, I had the honor to receive your letter which you wrote to me this morning at 4 o'clock and which was brought to me by M. Coquille. I sent to the Captain of the English frigate 12 the other letter which you addressed to me. Herewith I enclose his answer translated by M. Piteau who was the intrpreter in all this affair.
You will notice in his answer, General, that the Captain...
Date: 29 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Sir I have had the Honour to receive your answer to my Remonstrance. I beg leave to express to your Excellency the Surprize I feel in being inform'd that the Battery fired in Consequence of my Chasing a schooner which was unknown, permit me to assure your Excellency that the Fact has been represented, 2 that instead of chacing towards the shore I was at that instant standing from the land and in...
Date: 29 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Sir I arrived here the 27th Instant between one and two o'Clock, and immediately waited upon the Governor of this place, and deliver'd your Message, which he sent to the General of the Island at Port Royal, and the same evening returning from him a little before Dark I saw a Sail in the Offing with Colours which I was unacquainted with (being red and white striped, with a Union next the Staff), I...
Date: 29 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Gentlemen We did ourselves the Honour of writing you from St Eustatia on the 14th of June, acquainting you of our Connection, & making a tender of our Services, wch we hope got to hand, being accompanied with a considerable Quantity of Powder shippd you by our AVB in the Brigt Friendship Capt [John] Martin.ー
The present serves to cover Invoices of two Parcells of Gun Powder & Arms Shipped...
Date: 15 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Agitated betixt Hopes & Fears, I have been waiting with the greatest Impatience & Suspence of Mind, for the Event of an Engagement at New York, which the Papers I lately had the honor of transmitting you, an-nounced the Americans were in daily expectation of.
I have seen an Extract of a Letter dated Philadelphia 29 August, with the following Relation; that Twelve Thousand of the Kings...
Date: 29 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Our last respects to you were by Capt [John] Martin, who sailed from this port the 11th Currt with a valuable Cargoe ー since then your favours of the 12th Sept have come safe to hand p the Molly Capt [Thomas] Conway ー His Cargoe, tho' a very proper one, we are sorry to acquaint, has come to a most wretched Market ー 57/. p barrl for his Flour & 36/. for his Bread is the most we have been able...
Date: 20 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6
. . . Inclosed you will be pleased to find an invoice and bill of lading for the goods we now ship you by the Molly Captain [Thomas] Conway amounting to £3944.19.10 this currency ...2
We have put as much salt on board as the Captain judged it prudent to take, and all the woolens we were able to procure of any kind. We should esteem ourselves very happy to supply you with a sufficiency...
Date: 2 November 1776
Volume: Volume 7
Above you will find Copy of my last Respects Since which have not had the Honor of receiving any of your esteemed favors — The Gentn at Bordeaux to whom I transmitted some of my Letters for you has acknowledged the Receipt of them & informs me that he had carefully forwarded them —
This I expect will be delivered to you by Mr Wm Hodge of Philadelphia, who is entrusted with Some important...
Date: 10 November 1776
Volume: Volume 7
Pleasant weather employd in fixing our Vessel part of my Crew demanded their discharge I told them it was not in my power to discharge them in a Foreign port. they told me they would desert. I acquainted them that if they did I should do all in my power to catch them & should confine them until I was ready to leave the port & then take them on board. they apply'd to the Continental Agent...
Date: 30 December 1776
Volume: Volume 7
Inclosed you have a Copy of what we had the Honour of writing you on the 26th ulto — We have now to acknowledge the rect of your favr by the Friendship Capt Martin, who, we with pleasure inform you, arrived here this day. — It is unlucky his Cargoe does not consist of Tobacco instead of Flour, as it would in that case yield at least 50 pCt more. — However as his last Voyage proved so unsuccessful...
Date: 1 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
There have been a Number of Privateers lately fitted out of the English Islands, which greatly annoy & molest our Trade — They carry no Commissions, but make Prizes of our Vessels under the Authority & Sanction of the Kings Proclamation, which dooms us to be the Prey of every Invader; — The English Admiral on the Station has seized upon several of their Prizes in the Kings Name, & a...
Date: 2 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
I have the Honor to inclose you Bill of Lading for Six hundred & Sixty three Barrels of Powder, being Part of a Quantity which I lately received from the Continental Agent in France, for the Use of the different States; to be distributed amongst them, in Such Proportion, as their Wants may have a Call for — 2
I am not confident that you will have occasion for So considerable a...
Date: 18 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
On the representation & earnest Solicitation of Mr Vanbibber, I wrote you the 8th of December last offering to move from this Island down to St Eustatia in order to release that Gentleman from the West Indies, he being exceedingly desirous to rejoin his family & friends in Maryland ー from what he told me, at that time I really thought such a measure would not only oblige him, but tend to...
Date: 14 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Above is Copy of my last Respects, Since which have none of your Favors to acknowledge; the 18 Inst arrived here the Ship Seine Capt Morin from Havre de Grace; a Vessel taken up on Account of the Continent, laden with Arms, Ammunition &ca; She was blown off the Coast of America in a hard Gale of Wind, where She met with a continual Succession of bad Weather; As this Cargo is exceedingly...
Date: 21 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Above is Copy of my last Respects & am still without any of your esteemed Favors; there have been no Accounts lately from America, & very little News that can be depended upon . . .
The Ship Seine will sail to morrow for the Place of her Destination; I have taken out of her One hundred Bales of Camp Equipage & Cloth, & Two hundred & Seventeen c:;ases of Fusils, which I Shall...
Date: 29 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Herewith you will please to find Triplicate & Copy of my two last Letters to Mr Deane; but as they are adqressed to him in an official Capacity, I have thought proper to place them under your Notice, & Shall in future do myself the honor of directing my Letters in the like manner, as I am informed by my last Dispatches from Congress, that you are jointly appointed Commissioners of the...
Date: 6 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8