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...I am now to congratulate you on the Accomplishment of your Wishes. Every inimical Flag is remov'd from us, and we have at last the compleat Possession of our Harbor.
I had urg'd, ever since the British Troops were driven away, an Attempt of this Sort. It was delay'ed, from an Apprehension that it would be most prudent first to have our defensive Works near the Town compleated, till last...
Date: 17 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
We have Nothing new here except Captures from the British Trade, which are likely to increase ー Our own Navigation is almost Wholly turn'd into Privateering, so that their Cruizers can take little or Nothing from us but empty Hulls, while their Ships come fast to us richly laden'dー
It is regretted among us that the American Fleet is not in greater For- wardness. We have two fine Frigates built at...
Date: 17 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6