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General Ward received yours of the 27th Inst this morning, in answer to which I am to inform you the general would have the Vessels and Cargoes2 sold as soon as may be; and as he cannot ascertain the time and place of sail [sic] so well as you can he would have you conduct the whole matter relating to them. I am &c.
Date: 30 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I received yours of the 19th Ulto, and directed the Papers you wrote for to be Transmitted you; but find upon Inquiry, they are not among any in my Possession now. Colonel Moylan, who used generally to receive & examine the Papers appertaining to the Prizes, being called upon, says that previous to his Departure from Cambridge, he made up all the Prize Papers & put them in such a Channel...
Date: 7 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Sir We have the honor to inclose herein a Resolve of the Continental Congress2 of which we are members whereby you will see we are empowered to order a proper and just distribution of all Prizes taken by the Cruizers Genl Washington caused to be fitted out on Continental Account, and also that we are authorized or rather Ordered to receive from the Agents who received and sold the said...
Date: 18 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Sir You being recommended to his Excelly as a proper Person to transact the Business of the several armed Vessels fitted out of Plymouth at the Continental Expense, will be pleased to consider the following as your Instructions ー
1. That you immediately lay in Provisions on the best Terms for the Vessels now fitting or to be hereafter fitted of such articles only as are allowed in the Continental...
Date: 17 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Sir Major [Benjamin] Tupper will deliver you two Vessels late belonging to Tories in Boston which are taken and detaind by the General's Order's together with their Cargoes & other Property of which the Major will give you an Account ー Such articles as are perishable, you will immediately dispose of to the best Advantage ー & take Care of the Vessels 'till farther Orders. ー If Major Tupper...
Date: 26 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Sir Your favour of the 30th Ulto by Major Tupper is come to hand ー as it is your opinion that Dartmouth is a place of greater Security for the Vessels than Plymouth, it is his Excellency's desire that they be laid up there ー Such Articles on board as are perishable had better be Sold immediately, the Vessels Rigging, Sails, &c with the Remainder of the Cargoes, you will please to have...
Date: 2 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
I am ordered by His Excellency to acknowledge the receipt of your favors of the 30th Ulto & 3d inst Such articles on board the Vessels taken by Major Tupper as are Subject to perish: you had better have sold off immedy, the Vessels & apurtenances to be securely Laid up, & the Cargoes Carefully Stored, until farther orders from hence, a manifest of the Cargo, you will please to Send us...
Date: 6 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
I wrote you the 6th inst to which you will please to be refferd, your favor of the Same date to his Excellency is Come to hand ー it is his pleasure that you Sell the different articles found on board the two prizes & transmit a Cappy of the Sales to Head quarters when finished, the Schooner & Sloop Must be Carefully laid up until further orders ー
I hope we shall soon hear of Capt. Manly...
Date: 8 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
There are many Transports from England & Ireland arriving every day at Boston; should any of the Armed Vessels be in your port, you will please to Order them out to sea immediately, every hour they remain in port may be a loss to them of a good prize, please to Communicate this to such Captain or Captains as may be with you ー being wrote by Order of his Excellency
I am Sir [&c.]
Date: 9 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
I have it in command from his Excellency to desire you will deliver unto Charles Coffin & Sibelline White their bedding & wearing apparel, also Jonathan Coffin's.2 Let them be well examind lest any goods or cash may be secreted amongst them; The first of them says he gave Captn Coit Seven half Joes, you will please to receive them & account for them with the produce of the...
Date: 16 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Captn Coit complains of the uneasiness the men are under, and as the only chance there is of taking any prize h[i]s being out at this time, the General consents to his getting men at Plymouth, which he says he can readily do; If he can procure them, give him every forwardness you can; he says Six weeks provision will be necessary & that he must have a spare pilot in case of a prize: For Gods...
Date: 17 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Your favour of the 11th inst was deliverd this day by Major Sopr ー as it appears by the papers he brought that the Cargo of wine, wreckt of[f] the Coast belongs to a Thomas Salter of Philadelphia, & that it was not intended for the enemy ー it is his Excellencys Oppinion that you had better have the wine Stored in the Most Secure place you Conveniently Can ー & that you wait for Such...
Date: 18 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Your favours of the 23rd & 29th Ulto are come to hand ー Capt Coit's Lieutenant has been here, gives an Account of his Schooner being so Old & Crazy as to be unfit for the Service She is imploy'd in, if there was a possibility of fixing a better Vessel out, in Six or eight days & removing the guns &c from on board the Schooner, his Excellency wou'd be glad it cou'd be done, as...
Date: 1 December 1775
Volume: Volume 2
By people who came out of Boston yesterday we have an account, that the enemy are fitting out one of the Transports, who is to carry a number of Guns, & a large Number of Men, that the Guns are to be concealed in such a manner as not to be perceived untill a vessel comes so close, as it may not be in their power to get away, She is to carry every appearance of a Transport with Hay &c ー on...
Date: 5 December 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Then we Recd of William Watson Esqr & Ephraim Spooner four days Provisions for Each of us we haveing been left Sick at this place P Capt. Sion Martindale When he went out of this harbour in the Brigga Washington last week we now are Going to Join our Respective Companys at head Quarters neere Cambridge ー 2
Date: 11 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Your favour of the 4th inst is come to hand Your attention and activity in fitting out the two armd Vessells is pleasing to his Excellency, I wish they may Carry in some prizes that may pay you for all your trouble Captain Manlys good fortune seemes to Stick to him. he has taken three valuable Prizes since my last this shews of what vast advantage to the Cause, these Vessels would be, if the...
Date: 13 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
acknowledged rect of his of the 23d inst ー & informed him that application had been made to Gen [William] Howe for exchange of prisoners, to which Mr Howe was silent
Date: 26 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
You have annex'd a Copy of the Resolves of the Continental Congress respecting Captures made, or to be made, by Armed Vessels fitted out at the Charge of the united Colonies & others in Compliance With the Resolution of the 20th Ultimo you must on receipt hereof Libel such Vessels as have been taken by the Lee shooner or any other of the Continental Arm'd Vessels, which may be now under your...
Date: 4 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
orderd him to examine into the Condition of Captn Coits Schooner 2 ー if fit to be Continued in the Service to Look out for Some person qualifyed to take Comand of her appoint officers & raise men for that purpose
if unfit. & that a Clever Set of Officers & Men Can be got allso ー Schooner remarkable for Sailing, to remove the guns amunition &[c]a from on board the one...
Date: 7 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
I am commanded by his Excellency to acknowledge the receipt of your favour of the 15 Inst. His Excellency is glad to hear of the vessels being libelled & doubts not of your assiduity to have the legality of the Captures determined as soon as It shall be in your power.
His Excellency is well pleased that the Schooner Harrison is yet good & fit for service, & from the Character you have...
Date: 20 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3