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I have received Orders that you proceed to Boston in the room of Newberry Port ー You are to make all the dispatch there you can ー the Ships of War are drove out of that Bay and I believe that Port is the safest to Send in Prizes of any on the Continent ー I am Your Friend
Date: 18 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I Recd your Disegrable Letter and you are hereby Derected to goe Emedetly to Newport with the Alfred and if you think the Hamden will Not Do for the Cruse Capt [Hoysteed] Hacker and the Hole of the Hamdon Crue are to take the providence in [illegible] and folow the formor Directions if I Can will be at Newport to morrow I am your friend
Date: 28 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6
I receiv'd yours of the 15th instant and am very glad to hear you are safe Arrived; as it would have been Impossible for you to have got in here — I wish your Prizes may get in Safe — If you can you may hire a Pilot to go in some Small Vessel, off, or about Nantucket, to give the Prize Masters an Account of our Situation here, and order the Prizes to Boston —
As to any alteration of the Alfred I...
Date: 18 December 1776
Volume: Volume 7
I Congratulate you on the Success of the Cruse, alltho I had the Missforting to be Taken.2 the Scenes I went through, I have not Time to Tell you, at Present, however at the Risque of my Life I Made my Escape, and Got Safe to Philada whare I waited on the Merine Commte who Recd me Very Genteele, and Told me I had Done well to Git my Liberty So Soon, they ast me Sone Questens,...
Date: 17 January 1777
Volume: Volume 7
Daniel Tillinghast, Continental Agent for Rhode Island, to Captain John Paul Jones, January 17, 1777
I received your favor of 5th Inst in favor of your Friend John Dunlap, to whom on application I have advanced 80 Dollars and Debit'd your Account for the same. — Inclosed you have a minute of Cash pd by Mr [John] Manley & myself wch you'll please have enter'd to their Accots before Setled with. —
I have now to Inform you of my being serv'd with a Copy of a Writ agt Jno Paul Jones Esq Jno...
Date: 17 January 1777
Volume: Volume 7
Your favor under 20th Inst came duly to hand. — Note the Contents — The Commodore has just left me of whom requested to know his detirmination, either to disavow his Orders, to you, or to commend your Conduct, that I might acquaint you thereof, agreeable to your desire, — to wch he replys, you have his Orders in writing, wch if that will justify your Conduct its well, if not, he's ready &...
Date: 23 January 1777
Volume: Volume 7
There is a great difficulty arose weither the Agreement enterd into at Rheedy Island shall be keept to in division of Prizes it has been proposed by Capt Whipple and Mr Thomas Mumford in order to put an End to the Dispute that each Captain should choose a Man of known Character which should detirmine all disputes of that Nature and the several Crews Shear agreeable to their detirmination and on...
Date: 28 January 1777
Volume: Volume 7
John Manley, Deputy Continental Agent for Rhode Island, to Captain John Paul Jones, February 4, 1777
I some time ago Wrote you Concerning some imbezelment of Mr Gallaher's Effects on board the Sloop providence, by Mr Lovey [George Lovie] and Mr Beckup [James Bechup] Desiring your Assistance, in settleing the Affair, towards makeing satisfaction them Two men have Destroy[e] d but I have not as yet had the Pleasure of a line from you —
You have here a Letter Inclosd from Mr Gallaher him self — the...
Date: 4 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
I receiv'd yours of the 7th instant together with a list of the Mens Names who came out of the Eagle and also the Accounts, but as they were not sign'd by you nor your Clerk Mr Tillinghast has paid but one Mr [Na than] Tucker whose Account happen'd to be Signed — Should advise you to make New Accounts and receipts as P the Inclosed and Send them all up and write to Mr Tillinghast to pay them, as...
Date: 11 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
I receiv'd your favour of the 8th Current by John Robinson,2 and I can See no difficulty in giving him a Certificate for his Prize Money during his Service in the Fleet, as it only appears the Continent is in advance £ 11 .. 14 / Penny Curry — Therefore it belongs to you to Certify that John Robinson is entitled to Prize Money during the time of his Service in the Fleet mentioning at...
Date: 12 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
The Officers and Men of the Sloop Providence have Impowerd Mr Nathaniel Green to Receive from the Continental Agents their Prise Money, which if shortly Paid will be a Service to the Fleet, as most of them will ship again on Board the Sloop or some Other Vessel in the Fleet Mr Green and Mr Trivet [John Trevett] will call on the Agent at Boston to make a Demand of the moneys due to the Sloops Crew...
Date: 24 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
Your favor of 19th Inst came Duly to hand Inclosed in wch were several Accounts of Seamen & Marines belonging to the Alfred, some of wch I have settled & pd the Ballances as I shall likewise the remainder on their application. —
I have now to acquaint you that the Captns Saltonstall & Whipple have attach'd the Cabot & Sloop Providences Prize Money in my hands (in consequence of...
Date: 28 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
The above is Copy of a paragraph of an Order I received from the hon Marine Board dated 21st Jany 2 and in Consequence thereof I am to Request that if you have not You immediately pay the Remainder of the people's Wages Lately under your Command ー and likewise to Return to the Several Agents where you may have Sent Prizes a Certificate Attested of all the Men belonging to the Ship...
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Some Time past I wrote a few incorrect and jumbled Lines inclosing a Certificate from the Secretary of the Marine boar[d] of the Time of my Entrance, and asked the Favour of your giving an Order for the Ballance of my Wages; having received no Order, I must again renew my Request, and ask of you to send it by the first Oppertunity, the doing of which will confer on me a particular Obligation....
Date: 4 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Your agreeable Letter with the enclosed Account was duly handed me by Mr [John Peck] Rathbun. The Muster Roll of the Ship Alfreds which is now in the Possession of my Father 2 contains only £20 .. 16 .. 2 of Currency as the total Sum, whereas in yours, Mr [James] Hogan has charged me with £5 at Entrance beside, which I am almost confident is through Mistake.
I did receive two Months...
Date: 14 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
John Dobie the bearer, shew'd me the instructions you gave him, he had Enter'd Several in consequence there on but as the Warren Wanted Seamen as she was making ready to proceed on her Cruize, Capt [John Bur roughs] Hopkins Apply'd to the Legislature for liberty to Press men, &: accordingly he Obtain'd leave he therefore has press'd a Number of men, Dobie had enter'd, for you he has...
Date: 1 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I take the freedom of Writing you acquainting you with my Situation, I have had a first Lieutenant's Commission for the Brig Hamden this Ten Months & we have made several Attempts to get out, but all to no purpose, we are at present ready for the Sea, waiting for a Wind but God knows when that will come, it seems to me as if we should not get out this Summer, if you are not provided with...
Date: 17 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9