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On Tuesday last [December 6] his Majesty's Ship Swan,1 commanded by Capt. James Ayscough, weighed Anchor for Boston, by Way of the Sound.
We hear that at a Meeting of the General Committee of this City and County, two Sub-Committees were appointed to superintend the Sales of two Cargoes of Goods arrived here since the first Day of December. And that it was the opinion of the Committee...
Date: 12 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
Some Ships fitting out at the Port of Liverpool about 7 Weeks since, could not have Permission to take on board either Gunpowder, or any Kind of Guns, Swords, &c.
By a Gentleman who left Quebec about 20 Days ago, we learn, That the Reports we have had here of the Canadians and Indians being to be raised and sent to act against the People of Boston, &c. is entirely groundless; and that...
Date: 19 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
The Printer from the best Authority can assure the Public, that the late Seizure of Arms, Lead and Powder, made by the Collector of this Port, was solely for this one sufficient Reason ー that there was no Cocket or Clearance for them, under any Mark or Denomination whatever.1
Date: 2 January 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Yesterday Week [January 1] arrived at Rhode-Island, a Ship of 20 Guns, from England, with 200 Marines on board, bound for Boston.1 This is the Ship we imagine was lately seen off by Capt. Harriot.2
Date: 9 January 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Thursday last [January 12] his Majesty's Frigate the King-Fisher, Capt.[James] Montague, went up to Turtle-Bay to lay there for the Winter Season.1
Date: 16 January 1775
Volume: Volume 1
We hear from Boston, that Capt. [Tyringham] How[e], Commander of the Cruizer Sloop, is appointed to the Command of his Majesty's Ship Glasgow, vice Captain [William] Maltby, dismissed; Mr. [Francis] Parry, of the Preston, succeeds to the Cruizer, and Mr. Grenville1 is appointed Lieutenant to her.
Date: 30 January 1775
Volume: Volume 1
The Ship James, Capt. Watson, arrived at Sandy-Hook the 2d Instant, from Glasgow, with Coals, and a few Dry Goods on board; but as she came into Port after the Time limited by the Congress for us to continue our Trade with Great Britain,1 she has received some Necessaries, and Yesterday proceeded for the Island of Jamaica, with all her Cargo.
Date: 13 February 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Last Sunday Week [March 5] at two o'clock the Ship Beulah, Capt. Bussell, left the Watering-place, and proceeded on her Voyage to Halifax, in Nova Scotia, with the Goods she had brought from London to this Port.1
On Friday Evening the 10th Inst. arrived here the Ship York, Capt. Acklin, from London, with Passengers. ー At the Request of the Consignee and Captain of the Ship, three...
Date: 13 March 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Friday Night last [May 19] Captain Reynolds arrived here from Portsmouth, in New-Hampshire: Last Monday [May 15], off Cape Anne, he was boarded by Capt. Greeves, in a Tender,1 who had come out of Boston the Day before, and informed him that three Transports arrived there the 6th Instant from England, with Troops, and that many more were hourly expected; that several Vessels were then...
Date: 22 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Friday Morning last [May 26] his Majesty's Ship the Asia, George Vandepot, Esq; arrived here from Boston, after a passage of 16 Days.
When this Ship left Boston no Transports nor Troops had then arrived either from England or Ireland; but two Days after Capt. Vandepot came out, he fell in with 6 Transports from England, with Troops &c. on board.
Saturday Morning last [May 27] an express...
Date: 29 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Yesterday being the Anniversary of his Majesty's Birth Day, when he entered the 38th Year of his Age, a Royal Salute was fired from the Asia, of 64 Guns, in this Harbour, commanded by George Vandeput, Esq; The Crew then gave three Cheers, which was immediately answered by a Number of the Inhabitants who lined the Docks at the Time.
Date: 5 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
As there have been some gross Misrepresentations respecting the Stores that were taken out of my Vessel, I think it necessary before my Departure, to set that Matter before the Public in a right Point of View.2 Upon my arrival here I had some Swivel Guns and Powder on board, which Capt [James] Montague, Commander of his Majesty's Ship the King's Fisher, thought proper to take from me,...
Date: 10 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Wednesday Morning [June 7] died Patrick Strachan, Esq; Senior Lieutenant of his Majesty's Ship Asia.
Date: 12 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Friday last [June 16] the Mercury Frigate, Captain [John] M'Carthy [Macartney], arrived at Sandy-Hook, in 14 Days from Boston: He was dispatched from thence by General Gage to order whatever Troops might arrive here from England or Ireland for Boston; and last Wednesday he luckily fell in with a Transport from Cork with Part, of the 44 Regiment bound into this Place; but she soon stood to the...
Date: 19 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Since our last, nine Transports with Troops, of the second Embarkation from Cork, have arrived at Sandy Hook, and agreeable to Orders there received, sailed last Friday [June 30] for Boston, under convoy of his Majesty's Ship of War Nautilus, Capt. [John] Collins.
The Regiments on board the Transports are the 22d, 40th, 44th, and 45th.
Date: 3 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
The day before yesterday we went to Chelsea, famous for the battle of Noddle-Island near to it; while we were on Powder-Horn Hill, back of Chelsea, we saw a skirmish between a party of our people (120 in number) who went in whale boats, to an island about 12 miles from Boston, and burnt a large quantity of hay, which was put up into bundles by the Regulars, and intended to be sent to Boston for...
Date: 12 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Capt. William Stewart, of the Ship Mary, from Bristol, on his Passage . . . July 3d, in Lat. 39,3, Long. 68,43, spoke Capt. [Henry] Collins, in the Schooner Magdalen, with Lady Dunmore and Family on board from Virginia, bound Home.
Date: 17 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
On Tuesday last [August 8] a second Express arrived in Town from Long-Island, and informs us, that thirteen Men of War and Transports were lying at Anchor in Oyster Pond Bay, near Gardiner's Island, but had not landed any of their Men at 4 o'clock on Monday Afternoon, when the Express came away.
Date: 14 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Last Friday, sen'night [August 11] Mr. Benjamin Mumford, the Constitutional Post-Rider, with the Mail from this place, was stopped in his Way across Conanicut Ferry, and taken on Board the Rose Man of War; such Letters as were directed to Persons at the Provincial Camp were sent to Admiral [Samuel] Graves, those for Newport, a few excepted, were sent ashore: ー Mumford was detained on Board till...
Date: 21 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
After the Event of last Night, I think it necessary to inform you, that having Information that it was intended by some People in New-York to take away the Guns from the Battery, which, as Stores belonging to the King, it was my Duty to protect. I sent a Boat to lie near the Shore, to watch their Motions; soon after Twelve they began to move the Guns from the Battery, which being observed by the...
Date: 24 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1