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if His Excellency and their Honrs the Council Will inform me what weages is allowed by this state for the officers & seamen in their Navey & the mereins the number of Each, if I am to have a Docter on board, if a purser is to be appointd or who is to supply the Crue with Cloaths on board as it may not be Convenent to let the people go onshore to geet them ー if stores is to be brought to...
Date: 21 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I having lately applied to the General Assembly of this State Seting forth to them by Memorial the illegal Sale of my Brig the Friendship now detained in the Service of the S[t]ate; and that Body not having given me so Satisfactory an answer as I could wish. ー I am advised to apply to you, ー Sir, requesting that you would be pleased to interpose your good offices in my behalf, and as this affair...
Date: 11 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I should have wrote you more particular, but not knowing of Capn David's Sailing till this minute, obliges me to be as short as in my power.2 — The Ship Defence is now ready to Sail for Annapolis by the first opportunity, we want a Pilot to Carry her down, and hope you'l direct Mr Middleton to come up for that purpose, I wrote him sometime past, but has not come.
One Capn Jones a...
Date: 13 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I have Just recieved your Excellencys Letter of Yesterday, in which am charged of impressing Men into the service, and other ways Distressing the inhabitants of this State, I shall not undertake to dispute your Excellencys Authority for so accusing but shoud have thought it only consistant with the Justice those at the head of Affairs ought to exercise to given the person accused at least, a...
Date: 25 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Two British Ships of War have long infested the Trade of this Commonwealth. Their usual Station is near our Capes. One of them is a 40 Gun ship. The other a Frigate. The Number of Prizes taken by them, is great & the Damage to our Trade excessive.
As your State is so deeply interested in freeing the Bay from these plunderers, Commodore [Walter] Brooke waits on you with a State of our Marine,...
Date: 25 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Captain James Nicholson has impress'd James Parsons and Thomas Pamphilion two young Men that went out to Martinico with Captain Paddison [William Patterson] they were put on Board the Flag of Truce taken by Paddison were afterwards ritaken and carry'd into Jamaica from thence took a Passage to Eustatia and the other Day arriv'd at Baltimore Town, they were immediately Seized and carry'd on Board...
Date: 28 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8
We embrace this opportunity by Your returnd express, to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 26th. Ult. the multiplicity of business before congress, made it impossible to dispatch the express sooner than has been done.
We have the honour to inclose your Excy coppy of the Resolutions of Congress respecting Capt Nicholsons very indecent & Imprudent behavior, to your self & Council as...
Date: 1 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I have seen with a good deal of Concern, what appears to me an unfortunate dispute between Your Excellency and Capt Nicholson in Consequence of his having followed the example of his Brother officers who have for some time been Impressing Men into the Naval Service of the Continent in this Port —
The practice of Impressing Seamen cannot be supported on any other principle than Necessity and I am...
Date: 1 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Some of the Gondola's are applying for Rigging, and we mean to give them all the assistance we possibly can, Last Fall when the Council of Safety applied to us the Price was £3.15. ー it has now rose to £7.10, and is still advancing, as we wish to avoid any dispute we thought it nece~ry to give you this Information before we deliver the Cordage, and if you chuse to be furnisht at the same Price we...
Date: 1 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I was yesterday served with a resolve of Congress in consequence of a complaint by your Excellency with regard to my empressing men onboard the Frigate, and the Letter I wrote your Excellency on that occasion by which I find the Congress disapproved of my conduct, and order me to make such Satisfaction as shall be approved of by the Executive power of the State of Maryland It has never been my...
Date: 5 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I send my Leiutennant to you to inform your Excellency of the state of the galley she is Launched & we are watting for riging I have sent twice to baltimore & Can geet none. Mr Thomas smith informs me that there is rigging to be had in Wilmington at six or eight pounds P ct, if you think proper to send him orders to geet it he will geet as much as will rigg the galley. I am tired Lying...
Date: 7 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Wee got to Anchor in the Mouth of this River the third Instant, since which we have got four recruits, and Sundry Others have promis'd, which I expect will enter, ー I purpose Sailing from here tomorrow Morning, and intend to St Mary's River, where I think to stay two or three days, and then proceed to Yeocomoco, in these places have expectation's of Men to enter.
Since I left Annapolis we have...
Date: 11 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
A Vessell of ours from Martinico arrived here this day, and brought the Letters that we now do ourselves the Honor to enclose and forward to your Excellency P express.
The Master of this Vessall informs us he was chased off our Capes on Wednesday last by 3 large Ships an Armed Brigt & 5 Sloops and Schooners, that the Weather thickening, he alter'd his Course & escaped by coming thro' the...
Date: 13 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
As the Carpenters Work is now Near Dun of two vessells I have on the Stocks a Schoner of ten guns a zeback of 20 Guns I Shuld be glad to no In What Maner you Intend to have the zeback Riged that I may Provoid Mastes for hir I Was tou'ld you Intended hir for a Ship. I shuld think She would answer best a brigg how Ever I will Rigg hir any way you Desier I Can venter to let you [know] there is no...
Date: 14 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
That a certain James Hawkins Master or Captain of a small Vessel called a Tender, and as your petitioner understands belonging to the Ship Defence, now in the Service of this State. ー Did on the Night of the 27th. April last past (& as your petitioner verily believes knowingly & designedly) carry off in the afd small Vessel, a number of Indented Servant Men, the property of sundry of the...
Date: 17 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Yesterday the Alarm Gun was fired and to Day an Express informs us of ten Sail coming up the River: a fifty Gun Ship ー the Roebuck of forty four Guns ー a Frigate ー four Tenders ー a Brig and two Pilot Boats ー The Gondolas are gone down ー The Congress has adjourned to go down in Barges to see the Sport. ー
Congress took up Capt Nicholsons Affair and were unanimously of Opinion he had not made the...
Date: 24 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Your orders by Mr Isaac Vanbibber I have followed the Rachel Cap [James] Tibbet will be full this day by 12 oClock the Invoices shall be sent you to morrow, the Frost setting in sooner than I Ex[pecte]d prevented the mills from Work, I took out of Capn [Thomas] Kell about 170 Blls to get Tibbet Loaded as he might be ready in case the River Opend, I shall order her out of the way of the Ice this...
Date: 2 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
Inclosed you have the Invoice and Bill of Loading for [James] Tibbett's Cargo, I keep a Copy of the Cargoe and have not added up the Invoice sent. I suppose it not necessary until a settlement, I shall very soon be done with Your Commission If you have any thing else shoud be glad, I suppose the Capns will have their order soon as I immagine the Sloop is near ready. I am Sir [&c.]
Date: 8 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
I Was yesterday On Bord the Brig friendship With Capt [John] Martin and John Crokket She is Very Leeky and Must Bee hove Down at any Rate, to Stop the Leeks, shee has Never Been Corkd Since shee Was Lanst [Launched], and as shee Must have a Over hall Would itt Not Bee Best to fit her for See and Send her Out with a Bout 14 hands and 4 or 6 of her Smallest Guns and in that Case shee Will Carry...
Date: 3 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
The Petition of Nathaniel Cooper Humbly Begs Leave to Inform your Excellency that he is desireous of Leaving the Ship of Warr Defence but he is prevented by Capt George Cook Esqr
Your Petitioner has navour Sined the Artickels of Said Ship nor navour had any in tention of going in the [sic] her this Cruise he only Staid In the Ship to oblige Capt Cook untill he Could Supply himself with proper...
Date: 4 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9