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Last Tuesday evening [May 23] a barge belonging to the man of war lying at Portsmouth, rowing up and down the river to make discoveries with. two small officers and six seamen, the tars not liking the employ, tied their commanders, then run the boat ashore, and were so impolite as to wish the prisoners good night, and came off. The officers soon got loose and rowed themselves back to the ship.
Date: 26 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Last Monday arrived here, the Brig Stork. Philip Aubin master, from Port Royal, in Martinico, which place he left the 24th of August, in company with Captains Clowin and Derry, bound to Philadelphia.
Last Tuesday was brought in here by the Washington Privateer, a Bark bound to the West-Indies, to fetch soldiers for the enemy; she had on board a quantity of provisions, and a few pieces of cannon....
Date: 27 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Yesterday arrived here the ship Nancy, John Cowan Master, burthen about 200 tons, bound from Cork to Quebec, taken by Capt. John Lee of this place ー1 Her Cargo consists of the following articles viz. 80 Barrels of Beef, 320 ditto of Pork, 200 Firkins of Butter, 100 Barrels of Oatmeal, 374 ditto of Flour, 1200 Bushels of Pease, 68000 lb of Bread, 207 Casks of Nails, 22 Barrels and 2...
Date: 25 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6
By a Gentleman just arrived from Marblehead, we learn, that a ship which sailed from Portsmouth last Tuesday [September 5] bound for the West Indies, was taken by one of the piratical ships of war, viz. the Lively: and yesterday morning was retook by a Schooner from Marblehead, with a midshipman and six sailors on board, and carried into Cape-Ann, with a considerable quantity of fish, beef, &...
Date: 8 September 1775
Volume: Volume 2
The ship mentioned in our last sent into Portsmouth by Capt. Manly,
1 proved to be 240 tons burthen, having on board 6 double fortified four pounders, 2 swivels, and three barrels of powder. Her cargo consisted of 170 butts of porter, 11 packages of medicines, with large quantities of coal, sour krout, &c. besides a great number of packages for the officers in...
Date: 15 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
The transports which sailed from the downs on Saturday last for Boston, were spoke with on Monday last, off Plymouth, all well.
It is said that every vessel in the navy under 40 guns, is ordered to be ready for sea by the first of next month, manned and victualled.
Date: 22 November 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Wednesday several more large ships were contracted for by agency, for the transport service, which are to go to Ireland to take in provisions there for the use of the soldiers at Boston.
Date: 24 November 1775
Volume: Volume 3
On Wednesday the 3d of January, arrived in Pemaquid harbour, the brig Squirrel, Richard Willis, master, from Poole, in England, which place he left the 6th of November, in whom came passengers the Captains [Thomas] Palmer, [Josiah] Shackford, [Stephen] Meeds and [John] Hart of Portsmouth, and Capt. Gideon Crawford, of Providence, who on their Passage the 2d of December, in lat. 44, long. 38,...
Date: 12 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
On Monday last [January 15] a brigantine [the Sukey] from Ireland, burthen about 90 tons, [Maddet] Engs, master, owned by Lewis Gray, an enemy to the rights of America, laden with provisions for the use of the ministerial army at Boston, was taken and brought into this town, the particulars of her cargo are as follows:
29
Tierces of best Beef,
1
Tierce of best Pork,
18
Barrels ditto,
11...
Date: 19 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
Quebec is enclosed by a considerable body of forces under Brigadier General Arnold: They hope to avoid storming, and thereby prevent effusion of blood on both sides. The Garrison consists of the seamen belonging to two frigates, and the merchantmen that winter at Quebec, two companies of wretched emigrants raised from the outskirts and suburbs, the dependants of Government, and a few citizens...
Date: 12 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3