Displaying 1 - 20 of 36
My Lord; I have the honour, to receive, your Lordship's favour, of the 19. October, inclosing a copy, of His Majesty's order in Council, to prohibit the exporta tion from Great Britain, of Gunpowder, or, any sort of Arms or Ammunition.
The most effectual measures, my Lord, in execution of His Majesty's commands shall be established for arresting, detaining, and securing any Gunpowder, or, any...
Date: 20 January 1775
Volume: Volume 1
. . . Your Lordship will be pleased to observe, in my letter No. 7. of 23d Sepr I mention in it, to your Lordship, that I had wrote, to the Commander of His Majestys Fleet at Jamaica, that a Vessel might be sent, to inspect along the Coast; I also wrote, to Governor Chester at Pensacola to apply to the Commander of His Majestys ships there, that no illicit trade might be carried on by the...
Date: 21 January 1775
Volume: Volume 1
My Lord I have the honour to enclose to your Lordship, the account of produce exported from this province, by the Betsey Captain Lofthouse . . .
There can be no doubt of the success of this province. The articles suitable to the climate and soil, are of the most valuable sort. They are such as may be of the greatest advantage to England. We only want inhabitants, my Lord, and a little industry....
Date: 23 January 1775
Volume: Volume 1
My Lord; The 21. June. His Majestys Schooner Saint John arrived here, last from Savannah: Mr. Stuart, the Superintendent of Indian affairs, came in her. He was under the necessity, to take refuge here, from some intelligence he had, that mischief was designed him, by the Rebels in Carolina: He narrowly escaped, my Lord, their fury, and would have passed a very bad time, by all accounts, had he...
Date: 1 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
My Lord, A Sloop arrived on Sunday morning, with Dispatches from the Earl of Dunmore, and General Gage, to send forthwith a detachment of Sixty Men to the Earl of Dunmore at Williamsburg in Virginia.
The Troops were in a few hours, ready to imbark, but the Commander of the Sloop, represented that the Vessel wanted some Carpenters work to be done, before she could receive the Troops, which are...
Date: 21 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
By His Excellency Patrick Tonyn, Esqr Captain General, Governor & Commander in Chief in and over His Majesty's said Province, Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the sameー
A Proclamation
Whereas I have received information from Alvara Lofthouse Master of the Brigantine called the Betsy, that on the Seventh day of August Instant, He the said Master being on Board the said Brigantine then lying at...
Date: 21 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
His Majestys Schooner St John had injudiciously made an Hospital on the Georgia side of St Mary's River nigh to a Stockade erected three Years ago by Mr Wright when an Indian War was expected. To which place Mr Germain and Charles Wright have retired from their Estate in this Province, and Armed their Negroes; it is opposite to the post occupied by His Majestys Troops, who had also inadvertently...
Date: 18 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Sir, An expedition against this Province being preparing, by all accounts in Carolina and Georgia, a part of the operations is to be carried on by the inland Navigation.
Cockspur situation will not prevent a communication between Savannah and South Carolina, from whence several Vessels have lately passed laden with Indigo, and have been shipped on Board a fast sailing Vessel at Savannah, which...
Date: 5 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Sir, I beg leave to inclose a copy of intelligence just now come It being also confirmed to yourself by Lieutenant Grant of His Majestys Schooner St Johnー
Considering it a fortunate circumstance that His Majesty's Ship Lively under your Command is at this time in this Province, and being confident that His Majesty's Service on an extensive and general view is the true object of your Conduct, I...
Date: 6 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
The unlucky turn the naval operations took at Charlestown makes a very considerable change in the situation of affairs in this Province.
It was thought expedient for the benefit of this Province to summon the Inhabitants to meet me at the Statehouse yesterday morning.
After mentioning a few outlines of the present situation of public Affairs, and recommending a manly spirit to be exerted in...
Date: 21 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
My Lord I have on every occasion represented to the Generals and Admirals, the Situation of the Province, repecting military and maritime Affairs.
I requested, My Lord, a naval assistance from every Admiral.
As yet we have not had any permanent.
Captain [Thomas] Bishop of the Lively Frigate, did not go into Saint Maries, as I desired.
I am informed by people from Amelia if he had entered the...
Date: 26 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
The intelligence received from the North parts of this Province, makes it incumbent on me, to request that you will proceed with His Majesty's Schooner under your Command, without loss of time to St John's River, and take such station in conjunction with the Sloop Captain Mowbray, as will most effectually prevent any attempts made by the Rebels to enter that River, to disturb the Settlers thereon...
Date: 5 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
The repeated intelligence from Georgia, and the North of this Province, makes it absolutely requisite, for the safety of the Planters on St John's River, to establish a Naval force thereー
For this purpose I have engaged the Sloop Rebecca Captain Mowbray of ten Gun with nine men of the Captains, and [six] Seamen which I have added, but the late instance to attempt to man her proving ineffectual, I...
Date: 5 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
In the evening of the 28. August a Ship with some of His Majesty's loyal Subjects and their Effects arrived at an Anchor of[f] this Bar from Cockspur.
The next morning, the Master and the Passengers being ashore, a rebel Brig, supposed to be one Turpin Commander of 16. Guns and a hundred Men run close to the Ship put three boats of their People into her and carried her off/
We have no naval force...
Date: 8 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
My Lord; On the 7. by express from the Commanding Officer on St John River the Rebels have appeared on the opposite side of some force, our Planters are greatly alarmed, but I hope the Indians I have sent along the West side of that River will soon compell them to move out of this Province.
The Sloop Captain Mowbray which I was obliged to take through necessity into His Majesty's Service will be...
Date: 9 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
My Lord; I am sorry to inform your Lordship that the Cumberland Packet Boat, which was dispatched the 9. of September, after out living a severe Storm at Sea, returned in about three weeks, in distress, and sunk in the Harbour. The amer[i]can male [sic] was sent by Captain [Thomas] Bishop of the Lively to New York. The Captain and Crew with the Guns that were on Board the Packet, are on Board the...
Date: 18 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6
By means df the Sloop Rebecca whom I commissioned and stationed on St John River, the inland water passage from Georgia is secured: the Plantations on that River who were greatly alarmed, do now unmolested and free from the apprehensions of danger employ their Negros in providing lumber and naval stores for the West Indies, having raised sufficient provisions for the ensuing Year, a proof of...
Date: 30 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6
A report has been current, my Lord, that the rebels are supplied with ammunition from New Orleans, up the Mississippi to Fort Pitt, a laborious hazardous attempt. The Indians, my Lord, will certainly consider it, a noble inviting prise, I am hopeful, they will entercept them.
Mr Stuart 2 mentions a Batteau with sixteen thousand weight of Gunpowder escorted by the Rebels, up the...
Date: 7 December 1776
Volume: Volume 7
. . . I had the honour to mention my Lord, Captain Brown being sent to Georgia on a Flag of Truce, for exchange of Prisoners. I had in this my Lord another view. Frequent intelligence my Lord, had been brought me, that an invasion of this Province was intended by the Carolinas some Virginia Troops and Georgia, that preparations were making at Savannah and Sunbury, and the Philadelphia Congress...
Date: 5 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
A Fellow, Lempriere, is to be rewarded in [South] Carolina, with a large Ship, mounting several Guns, for an act of Piracy committed off this Bar, he is to be stationed to cruise off Saint Marys River, to intercept whatever Vessels are coming to this Province.2
No opportunity having offered before to convey to your Excellency an account of this audacious attempt, I beg now to trouble...
Date: 14 September 1775
Volume: Volume 2