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All our ports are shut up by the men of war, so that no vessel is allowed to go from one river to another. This day two vessels arrived here with a number of Soldiers. Not a day passes but they are searching for arms, ammunition, &c. and have taken prisoners, and secured on board the ships, several Gentlemen whom they suspect to have been most active on the American side of the question. Most...
Date: 20 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
We were very fortunate in making the land, which was just at break of day; being in the middle of the Bay, we fell in with the Mercury man of war who (with a fleet of ships from New Portsmouth, which place they burnt) who convoyed us safe into Boston.3 The Bay at present is very unsafe for vessels unarmed, as it swarms with privateers, and a great number of whale boats, each carrying...
Date: 28 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2