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WE the signing Officers of His Majesty's Ship the Hind do hereby certify that there is wanting for the Refreshment of her Company a Proportion of Fresh Beef for two Days in a Week, during her Stay in Port. Given under our Hands, and dated on board the said Ship in Newport this 2d Day of January 1775
To Mr. Christophr Champlin Agent to the Contractor for supplying His Majesty's Ships with Fresh...
Date: 2 January 1775
Volume: Volume 1
The Provisions I have already demanded should be glad to be sent on board as soon as convenient. The Bread is the last wanted and of that only 8000 lbs. as we have a Quantity of Marine Slops stowed in the Bread Room is the reason we can't take so much as I proposed: suppose the best part may come this week if the weather permits. Be pleas'd to send an Invoice with them. pray taste the Butter for...
Date: 1 February 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Dear Sir, I am greatly to apologize for my late Impoliteness at your House, and hope Mrs. Champlin and yourself will excuse it. I should be glad to know the Weight of the Bread return'd as the Steward cannot finish his weekly Accounts without it. the Weight of the Sugar and Price is wanted as our Mess settles every fortnight. Likewise the Weight of the Cheese, Price, and what I am charged in...
Date: 30 March 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I Received your favour of the third by Captain Webster, who will deliver this to you, I find That the meaning of the Restraint on provisions is that the Navy or Army shall not be Supplyed at present either from this place or Philadelphia ー From this Circumstance altho I have a large quantity of Bread now by me which was bought for the Contract, I Cannot Supply you with That, or any Species of...
Date: 10 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
We confirm the foregoing copy of your last, & have now to acquaint you that the bearer of this is Captn. [William] Barron of your Ship Peggy, she goes back in ballast, no freight even indifferently good having offered to employ her with ー never did we see the place so dead in this way as at presentー
Captn Barron is bearer of the vessell's acct. currt. ballanced by Rs. 1249 £ 381, for which we...
Date: 18 February 1775
Volume: Volume 1
[Continuation of Letter begin February 18th.]
No alteration in prices at this markett, but we find that London & Bristol are rising in spite of the large imports there, occasioned by the Supposition that all the american ports will be blocked up by government. There are 321 bars of the Peggy's flour sold at different prices.
We have debitted your acct Rs. 5 & 145 for charges we made with...
Date: 8 March 1775
Volume: Volume 1
This is to inform you of my saife arivel hear on the 6 and find by Mr. [Alexander] Brimer2 that the ship will be dischargd hear, which the Genarle sais he will give all the dispatch he can. But I have not discharged one Barrel yet and I dont know the time set for that are in great confusion hear. Mr. Brimyer tells me that there will be no fair of a freight at Quebeck which I shall...
Date: 10 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Letters from Quebec informing me that there was more shipping there 10th Ulto than wou'd carry off the Produce of the current Year effectually prevented sending your Ship the Peggy; she was to have sailed the Day after I received these Letters & had her Pilot engaged & on Board. ー I judged it best to detain her a few days from a certain Persuasion of sending by her Certificates on the...
Date: 12 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
we have bin here in the utmost confushen Last wednesday night by being fired on by the ashe2 man of war wich occasion us to Send the Ship3 of[f] be fore She was loded for fere that the provisun vesels would all bin Stopt as there was Great talk of it She went Down to the naros with 600 and od bushels on bord and John Murrey is Gon down with a sloop lode of 1500 bushels i...
Date: 26 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Since my last of the 26 instant the port is shut by the [Provincial] Congres. and nomore provision to go therefore the Ship2 will be oblige to sail with what she has got in wich is between 7 & 8 thousand bushels we are in the grettest Confushen about moving out of town for we Expect we shall not be long at pees i am going to Carey the pilot Down this Morning and sum nasarys for...
Date: 27 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Sir. Please to supply His Majesty's Ship Glasgow with Six cask of Salt-Pork, and send the same on board as soon as possible. I am Sir [&c.]
Date: 29 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Yours of the 30 March I received and have advertized your Ship for Sale. for Some time but have not yet had any Application, for her, worth Notice, our River has been long blocked up by Men of Warr, that Many fine Vessels lay Idle here, our Merchts Seems Discouraged, and knowing, that Vessels have been Sold Very Cheap, in New England, wont talk with me at any thing Near the price you Mention, 8,...
Date: 26 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
sense my last by Capt Linsey these are to inform you that your Ship2 is Sailed and got Clare of the Land last monday with a plesent brese at N: W all well thanks God when I Return to New York i shall Send your account nothing more at present from your frend [&c.]
Date: 8 September 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Yesterday I returnd from the Contenental Congress We presented a Memorial requesting they'd Either give posative Orders to the Committee of Norwich to let the Ship proceed on her Intended Voyage or give us leave [to ship] the Arnot of the Wheat in produce from here or Philadelphia to Ireland or the English Islands in the West Indies and give thy Ship Imployment If agreable to thee raither then...
Date: 14 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3