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According to Your Orders I left Paris on Tuesday Morning 3 O'Clock & Proceeded to Boulogne and Callis, but coud not find A Vessel at either of these Places to Suit your Purpose, I was detain'd at Callis from Wednesday Night till Friday by Contirary Winds. I reach'd Dover on Saturday Morning where I made all the enquiry after A Vessell in my Power, but coud not meet with one to my likeing,...
Date: 5 February 1777
Volume: Volume 8
On my arrival here last Thursday I found the Cutter in the River, about 10 miles below this Place; we are much Plaged with the People that brought her round from Havre, the Men Say they wont go, that they were Shiped to go in her as A Packet to America, as Such they will go, & no other ways, the French Capt first told me he wou'd be very glad to go in her, if we wou'd make up his wages to him...
Date: 13 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Capt Wickes & my Self are Yet Waitg here with great impatience for the Arrival of the Lexington, Capt Johnson from Burdo [Bordeaux], we had determined on Wednesday last to go to Sea without him; for he informed us on his Arrival there from Nants, that he wou'd Sail from that Place last Sunday was a Week, & hearg nothing further from him Obliged us to beleave he was taken, or that some...
Date: 15 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
This will inform you of Capt Wick[e]s & myself being chased in here this day by a 74 Gun ship who we fell in with yesterday morning of[f] Ushant, Johnston was in company the first of the Chase, but altred his course & Left us where he will get in I know not, but I imagine he will endeavour to beat down the Channel & get into Nantes or Bordeaux, we had been through the Irish Channel ...
Date: 27 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
This will inform You of Capt Wickes & Self being Safe Arrived at this Port. Capt Johnson I beleave is Still out — On Thursday the 26th Inst off Ushant we fell in with an English 74 Gun Ship who gave us Chace wch Obliged us to bare away &run up this Channell he was to windward of us & the wind at S.W. Soon after the chace began Capt Wickes made the Signall for Johnson &mySelf to...
Date: 28 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I this Morning Recd Orders from Capt Wickes to furnish him with an Inventory of the Sloop Dolphin, I am now about to furnish him with one, wherein I shall Mention every thing bekmgg to her; I believe She will not fetch much more with her Cannon &c, therefore wou'd advise keepg them & Sendg them too Nants, as they are very Scarce & hard to be got there. here there is plenty, & the...
Date: 9 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I Wrote You on the 22d Inst wherein I gave You my Oppinion of the Duke De Charters, & that She was not to be Purchased, I am now to inform You She was Purchased Yesterday by Mr Williams for 70 Thousand livres & a Good bargin for She is well worth the Money, this Ship I am told I am to go out in, and as French Property, I will if You Please give You my Oppinion on that head, of wch You...
Date: 24 April 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I am just Settg off for St Mallo where Mr Williams thinks I had better spend about 3 weeks, in order to be out of the way & give time for our New Ship to be built, I shall have Capt Tanner here to overlook, as much as is Needfull, or we dare appear in — he is an Experienced Man in Ship buildg, &A Compleat Draughts Man, I shall send You the draught of the Ship, drawn by him when finished...
Date: 11 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
Yours of the 22d Inst came Safe to hand, till wch You was in my debt, & beleave me it is with Pleasure I recd Yours, the Corespondance is not yet broke between us, therefore let this be A Caution to You, take care You dont neglet or forget me, & rest assured I will with Pleasure write my friend Johnson & let him know how matters go with me — I have now the Pleasure to informe You of...
Date: 25 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
We your humble petioners beg leave to inform you of the distressed Situation of our Brother; Officers now Prisoners in England, particularly John Nicholson Esqr & his Officers who was taken in the Sloop Hornet in the Service of the United States of America & Thomas Norwood and Nine Men that was put on Board of one of our late prizes, who was taken & Carried into Falmouth and Many...
Date: 6 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
This will informe you of our Worthy friend Capt Wickes leavg this Yesterday Eve with a fine Easterly Wind (the Dolphin Capt [Francis] Brown) Sailed in Compy at Sun Settg they Discharged their Pilots, when they were Clear of the Rocks &c since wch the wind has Continued fresh from the Eastward, so that I make no doubt but by Noon this Day (Monday) he is off Ushant. he has A french Pilot that...
Date: 15 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
On my leavg St Malo I wrote You giveg You an Acct of the Sailg of the Reprisal & Dolphin. Capt [Francis] Brown Arrived here in the Dolphin the Night before last, & Agreable to his Orders from Capt Wickes, Under french Colours, & to the address of Monsr Peltier as Comeg from St Austatia, but haveg no Clearance from that Place or any other Papers, Mr Peltier thought it most Proper to...
Date: 21 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
This will informe You of my Arrival here this Day with only the Duke DeShasell & Brigg two Friends of our Convoy,1 the other ships not being ready, but I am in hopes the greatest part of them will Joyn us here in the course of this Week; on my Joyning the Fleet I Salluted the Commedore2 and Imediately Waited on him with my French Captn.3 to Whome he gave his...
Date: 12 February 1778
Volume: Volume 11
I wrote you the 12th. Inst. from this Place at wch time I thought we were all Happy on board,1 but fortunately I believe I may Venture to say, Capt Corvisen & my self had some small difference, on acct. of wch. he and his Officers have done all in their Power to throw every thing into Confusion, but very fortunately Mr....
Date: 18 February 1778
Volume: Volume 11