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Sir I am directed by the Commissioners to transmit to You for the Information of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury the inclosed Copies of two Letters from Mr [Robert Stratford] Byrne Surveyor of the Customs at Bohemia and Sasafras with Copy of a Letter from the Collector & Comptroller of the Port of Chester and Petapso and the annexd Copy of Mr Byrnes Deposition, containing...
Date: 19 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
The Lords of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council having by their Letter of the 8th instant required the Mayors & cheif Magistrates of the. several Sea Port Towns, to cause the proper 0; :cers to give all possible Assistance to those belonging to His Majesty's Ships, and the Constables to take up (by virtue of su.ch Press Warrants as shou'd be sent to them by the Lords Commissioners of...
Date: 20 November 1776
Volume: Volume 7
His Majesty having been pleased to promise by His Proclamation of the 8th Instant, That a Reward of Forty Shillings for every Able and Thirty Shillings for every Ordinary Seamen shall be paid any Person who shall discover any Seaman or Seamen who shall secret themselves, so that such Men shall be taken for the Service by any of the Sea Officers employed in raising Men: the said Rewards to be paid...
Date: 20 November 1776
Volume: Volume 7
Sir Since my last 10th. Ultimo, a large Schooner with Arms, and military stores is taken by a man of war in the river delaware, with which she has proceeded to Boston:2 a Small Vessel with Ten ton's of gunpouder came up the river the night before the schooner was taken whether it was part of her cargo or not I cannot say, but I am told the pouder is marked with the French...
Date: 5 September 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Sir As the Post Office is now entirely under the direction of the Congress and all letters Oppned and read by a Comittee appointed for that purpose, the outmost precaution is Necessary to keep my Intelligence from hence, from their knowledge, this and the importnce of the discovery I have made, Urged me to Apply to a man of who's fidelity I have the best Oppinnion, to go Express with...
Date: 2 December 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Having communicated to my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your Letter of this date, informing them that the Lords Commissioners of His Majestys Treasury have received undoubted information that Ten Vessels which sailed about the middle of September last, from the Port of Philadelphia for Ireland, are engaged to go from thence to Russia & Hamburgh there to take on board coarse Linneus of...
Date: 18 November 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Sir The two ships and tuo briganteens I mentioned in my last fell down the river the 4th Currt. 2 the ships has 250 men including marine's each of them, and the Briganteens 100 men each, they are Joined by a sloop of 12 guns from New England, there is also a Briganteen, and a Sloop fitted out at Baltimore in Marry land which Joins them before they leave this river: 3 the...
Date: 10 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3