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This will inform you of my Safo Arrival at this Port Yesterday in Company with Captain Samuel Nicholson of the Sloop Dolphin, We parted from Capt Johnston on the day before Yesterday a little to the East of Ushant — Now for the History of our late Cruize. We Sail'd in Company with Captains Johnston & Nicholson from St Nazair May 28th 1777, the 30th fell in with The Fudrion [Foudroyant] about...
Date: 28 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
This will inform You of Capt Wickes & Self being Safe Arrived at this Port. Capt Johnson I beleave is Still out — On Thursday the 26th Inst off Ushant we fell in with an English 74 Gun Ship who gave us Chace wch Obliged us to bare away &run up this Channell he was to windward of us & the wind at S.W. Soon after the chace began Capt Wickes made the Signall for Johnson &mySelf to...
Date: 28 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I wrote you the 28th June advising of my Safe arrival at this Port also informing of the Success of our late Cruize & have now the Pleasure to Acquaint you of the Safe Arrival of Captain Johnston in the Brig Lexington at Morlax, I have wrote him & desired if he is not well Situated there to get a good Pilot & Come up here — I should be very Glad if you would let me know where you...
Date: 4 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I Recd your favr this Day of the 6th Instant & Take this opertunity to Answer the Same As I Make No Doubt you Are Informed of the particulars of Our Late Cruize I Shal only Giv you the Out lines And refer you to Mr Williams for further particulars We passed round to the N.Wt of Ireland & Entered the St Georges Chanel to the NWt Ward then passed thro Do Chanel & through between Silley...
Date: 8 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I received your favour of the 3d Instant and am much obliged for your Attention to the Contents of mine — As you have not been very particular in regard to the Sale of the Dolphin, it will not be in my power to execute that business without more particular instructions on that head — first I shall be glad to know wheather you would Sell her as she is Arm'd or weather we should reserve the Cannon...
Date: 9 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I this Morning Recd Orders from Capt Wickes to furnish him with an Inventory of the Sloop Dolphin, I am now about to furnish him with one, wherein I shall Mention every thing bekmgg to her; I believe She will not fetch much more with her Cannon &c, therefore wou'd advise keepg them & Sendg them too Nants, as they are very Scarce & hard to be got there. here there is plenty, & the...
Date: 9 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
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Mainsails
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Pistols
2
Foresails
12
Blley Catooth Boxes
2
Mizans
31
Sheets of Tinn
3
Gibs
1
Iron Camboos
1
Mizan Staysail
1
Copper Ketle of 16 Gallons
1
Topsail
1
Dto of 4 Dto
3
Anchors and Sheet Cables for
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Tinn Ketlee of 3 Dto
and Same of 7 inch Rope
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Copper Tea Kettle and the
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New fore tie 4:½ inch Rope
Utensiles for Dto
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New Gib Tack and Hasser
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Pair of Fire...
Date: 10 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I received your favour of the 4th Instant ordering me to Send our Prizes to the Address of Mr Williams at Nants & give orders to our Prize Masters Accordingly this order will be Chearfully comply'd with by me — I should be very glad to know my future distination & whether I am to go out as Soon as fitted for Sea, as I am told the Minesters has ordered me out of Port I shall get my guns on...
Date: 13 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I received your favour by Captain Taylor and must beg to excuse me for not takeing Notice of what you Mentioned in his favour before as I was much hurried, I have wrote to Paris in his favour and will do him every Service in my Power, if this Reaches you at Morlaix beg you would not leave that Port untill you receive orders so to do from the Honble Com missioners at Paris, but hold yourself in...
Date: 20 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I have received none of your favours by the two last Posts — Things remain in the same Situation here as When I wrote you last, We are Suffered to go on & Refit, but very Slowly the Tradesmen of this Port Work but very slow &we Cannot hurey them Much for fear of being Stop'd I think we Can be ready to Sail by the first of Next Month if not Stop'd here — I received a Letter from Captain...
Date: 23 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
. . .the Commissary of this Port, received orders Yesterday in Conjunction with the Judge of the Admiralty not to Suffer us to depart the Port on any Consideration Whatever, without pirmission from the Minister of Marine at Paris & I have been obliged to give my Parrole not to depart without Orders —
We are now Compleatly fitted & Shall be ready to go to Sea, as soon as we Can be Suffered...
Date: 1 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
. . . We are now all ready & Clear for Sailing, only wait your Orders, our powder is Stop'd in the Magazine and will not be dilever'd without a positive Order from the Minester for that purpose — Capt Johnson is all ready and Clear to Sail only Waits your Orders & leave to depart from the Port of Morlaix — the Bearer of this is a Young Gentleman of good Family & Charactor & is...
Date: 7 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
This will inform you of my Present unhappy Situation, the Judge of the Admiralty have Received orders of the 6th Inst from the Minester at Paris, ordering them not to Suffer me to take any Cannon Powder or other Millatary Stores on board or to depart from the Port on any Consideration whatever without further Orders from Paris, in consequence of those orders, they Came on board on Saturday to...
Date: 12 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
This will be delivered by my very good Friend Mr Beaugear, who has been very kind in rendering me every Service in his power since his Arrival, as I have recommended his House here in a former letter have but little to add on that Subject, they Continue to do every thing in their Power to Assist me and makes my detention as Agreeable as Possible As their influence here is very Considerable, they...
Date: 15 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I should be very glad to know my future destination and how I am to Act in Regard to the proceedings of the Admiralty Officers at this Port. If I am not dispatched Soon think it Will be Neccessary to hawl the Ship on Shore again & Clean her as She is very Dirty and will not Sail without being Clean. I am informed Capt [John] Green of Philadelphia is now at Nantes unemployed, as he is Married...
Date: 22 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I received your favour of the 17th and note the Contents as to the Man you mention in your last I cannot see how he can possibly Claim or expect to be paid any Share or part of Prize Money, as he Absolutely Run away from the Ship & thereby forfeited his Prize Money, As there is an Express Resolve of Congress that Says any Person or Persons whom deserts or Runs away from any Vessall in the...
Date: 22 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
Yours of the 22d Inst came Safe to hand, till wch You was in my debt, & beleave me it is with Pleasure I recd Yours, the Corespondance is not yet broke between us, therefore let this be A Caution to You, take care You dont neglet or forget me, & rest assured I will with Pleasure write my friend Johnson & let him know how matters go with me — I have now the Pleasure to informe You of...
Date: 25 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I this day received orders from the Minester of Marine at Paris, Notified me by the Comissary & Judge of Admiralty to depart this Port emediately and not to enter again on any Consideration — I was much Surprized to receive those orders without a line from you — I told them I would Sail the first fair Wind and am now Prepairing for Sea, as fast as Possible, but shall endeavour to gain time,...
Date: 31 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I received yours of the 1st Instant and am very glad to hear you have liberty to depart as I have the Same — am in hopes of going home together — I Received a letter from the Honble Commissioners at Paris, informing of the Terms of our being Admited to depart, as they wrote you, think it Needless to give you the Particulars, We are to go directly to America & Not to Return into any French...
Date: 5 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
We your humble petioners beg leave to inform you of the distressed Situation of our Brother; Officers now Prisoners in England, particularly John Nicholson Esqr & his Officers who was taken in the Sloop Hornet in the Service of the United States of America & Thomas Norwood and Nine Men that was put on Board of one of our late prizes, who was taken & Carried into Falmouth and Many...
Date: 6 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9