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By several Letters of good authority Receivd from Phila by yesterday's Post, we are Advised that there is a Vessell daily expected theire with a Parcel of Salt [and] some Dry Goods from Liverpool for which the Pilots of Della ware are ordered to keep a sharp lookout ー by the same Letters we are Informed one or more Ships were taking in Salt & Dry Goods at Liverpool intended for this Ba[y] in...
Date: 19 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Immediately on the Alarm of Captn Squires being at the head of our Bay; I Ordered Captn Wise, of the Nancy (who had not got far down the River) up to our Bason, where she now waits your further Orders, & have also Stop'd loading out the Schooner Ninety two, which has got about three fourths the Cargo on board, & the rem[ainin]g one in Store ready to put on board. ー I shall be glad to know...
Date: 11 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
the bearer Capt Thos Ridly of the Brig Rogers will Deliver this to you, and I make no doubt you will give him orders to Sail Directly. Indeed I have allredy been at a Considerable Expence by the Dalay the Vessell has met for the benefitt of the Publick, but I make no doubt of Being Reimbursed on Applycation. I would have gon down with the Captn but nei ー ther my health, nor Business will permitt...
Date: 23 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Two days before I went to Anapolis, I had the Schooner Ninety two valued at £500. by four men chosen by the Owners, (Cravath & Dugan) & which agreement they seem'd well Satisfied with, having at the Same time agreed to find her two Sails, which I promised to add to that Sum with any other repairs might be thought necessary after this Valuation; however on my return they chose four other...
Date: 24 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Gentlemen. Captn John Sterrets Company of Militia being appointed an Independant Company, and Capt George Wells compy consisting chiefly of Ship carpenters employed in working on the continental frigate2 having petitioned to be formed into an artillery Compy which we presume will be granted....
Date: 27 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Gentlemen Captn Duncan Hill Shipd by Captn Kell, with Your Approbation, is now returnd after making an Attempt to get to Sea ー I have lodgd my protest with you but woud willingly do every thing in my Power that woud be of Service to the Publick ー when you hear what Captn Hill has to say you will judge what is the best method ー he thinks he may get out but it will be Attended with an Expence ー if...
Date: 28 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I did myself the pleasure [of] Writing pr Cap. Pitt informing of the Situation of the Enemy down at Norfolk, Since which have been Joined by Cap. [John Thomas] Boucher2 and A Brig he had in Convoy, from the Certainty he has of the Tenders being so Numerous about the Cape, he is now halling the Brig up A Creek in this River,3 and there to lay untill A more favourable...
Date: 28 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Two hours since I wrote you, Since which have discovered five Sail of Topsail Vessels which had been at An Anchor off Windmill point one of them Wears A broad pendt suppose the Commadore. She & another Capital Ship is now under way Standing up the Bay, we apprehend there may be a Fleet under Windmill point at anchor as we heard the Commadore fire A Gun the Signal for Weighing. I am now...
Date: 28 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Your order of the 25th Inst came to hand Yesterday Noon 3 oClock, I was then off Wecomoco, About an hour after we imagine the Governors boat past us, the Commadore still continued at anchor, but as the Weather was thick imagine the Boat past her (Commadore): The other two Ships that was under way stood into the mouth of Rappahanock & supposed Anchor'd as we stood off and on all the Ebb and...
Date: 29 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Gentln I Received yours this Morning pr Middleton, and ordered him down on, the Lookout, I have not discovered any thing of the ships since I left them off Windmill point but apprehend should they intend up the Bay you will certainly hear of them this Evening; I am now proceeding with the ship up to Baltimore, where shall expect your further orders, I am Gentlemen [&c.]
Date: 1 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I have as Mr [Matthew] Tilghman Desired in His to Me of Thursday Made Enquiry for Small Vessells, but Cannot find that any are to be Got Here on freight ー I fancy if they are to be Procured it will be Down the Bay, the Sooner they are Got the Better, as I fear the flower now Begins to spoil ー I was yesterday Down at the fort, they Are Pretty forward, and the Resistance they Can now Make, if the...
Date: 2 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
...I request you will Inform me if you think the Brig Rogers will pro ceed with her Cargo, by what I learn from the Man that had her since She was built She goes as well as allmost any Vessell you Can get....
Date: 6 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
on my arrival here I told Mr Woolsey of our going to unload the 92, & that the Honourable Council of Safety wanted to see him on the same occasion respecting the Brig he loaded, when he said he woud be damned if he woud go near you without writen orders, and that you shoud not take a barrell out of the Brig, before he knew on what terms, &c &c, this is a matter that dont concern me,...
Date: 7 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Gentlemen We have received your Letter by Mr. [Stephen] Steward Also that by the Post of the 7th of this Month. We have conferred with Mr. Steward, assisted him in Changing his provincial Money for Continental and procured a recommendation from Mr [Robert] Morris to those who have been concerned in fitting out the Gallies here to give him all the Information in their power respecting them ー We...
Date: 11 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
The Hon the Council of Safety of Maryland
Capt Tibbit brought in for our Accot 9 Half Bbls Gunpowder which was delivered into your Magazine & which we intended the Province Should have had at the usual Price, but as we with Some others in this Town have fitted out a Privateer we Shall have Occasion for our Powder & will be much oblig'd if you'll Send an Order to the Commissary of Stores...
Date: 11 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
My last was of the 18 ulto by Capt Calender inclosing Duplicates of the papers sent by the John Capt Speake, who sailed the 14th with 6000 lb Powder & 22 bbls Sulphur on your accot which I hope is now safely landed with you.
By that Opportunity I informed you of my having 6000 more left, 4000 of which I took down with me to this place, expecting a readier Conveyance for it than from my own ー...
Date: 15 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Gentlem Your favr of yesterday is now before me, desiring me to deliver the Schooner Three Sisters a load of your flour in my hands, but am at a loss to know the quality you woud have Shiped in that Vessell, whither of the Superfine or the Common fine kind, and I further desire to advise you the State of the Ninety Two's Cargo, as its all now landed a great part of which we find musty &...
Date: 19 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Gentn I have Communicated Your Proposals to the owner of the Vessell, and he writes me he would much Rather the Brig Rogers would Proceed than be Discharged as it would on all sides give more Satisfaction, besides he is Under some Engagement to Bring Salt into Phila but if You would Rather wish to have her Discharged, he will agree to it, on Your Paying the freight only, and that he thinks is not...
Date: 21 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
inclosed you have, Captn Joseph Haridys receipt for the Cargo Shipped by me in the Schooner Three Sisters pr your orders2 the flour in my Store, belonging to you we have again examind with Mr. [John] Laypole which we Seem to find much better than I expected, as the hundred barrells we have baked has taken nearly all of that which was damaged as while the 92 was discharging I kept...
Date: 22 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
the Petition of Samuel Galloway on behalf of himself and James Cheston humbly Sheweth that on Sunday Evening of the twenty third Instant, Hugh Job, a Taylor, James Brooke a Painter, Robert Skinner a Carver, John Kelly a Gardener and Thomas Wilkinson, waiting man, made their Escape from your Petitioners house at West River in a Battoe, and that your Petitioners have great Reason to entertain a...
Date: 24 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5