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You are hereby appointed to the command of the Guard Ship Adams now in this Harbour, by us provided agreeably to an Act of this State for the reception of all Persons convicted of being inimical to this & the other united States, & whose Residence in this State may be dangerous to the Public Peace & Safety; — You are accordingly to enter on said command & to receive on Board said...
Date: 10 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
It being represented to the Board, that the Prisoners confin'd on Board the Guard Ship under your Command are subject to great inconvenience, & distress by being so closely & early shut down under Deck, you are in future to permit them to be on Deck if they choose it till 10, o'clock in the Evening, & to leave the Hatches open when the Heat of the Weather may make it necessary, or...
Date: 11 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9