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All America has received with astonishment and concern the speech to Parliament. The wicked violence of Ministry is so clearly expressed, as to leave no doubt of their fatal determination to ruin both Countries, unless a powerful and timely check is interposed by the Body of the people. A very small corrupted Junto in New York excepted, all No America is now most firmly united and as firmly...
Date: 24 February 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I received your Letter of the 23d May. I will perform "my" promises "in the way I have pointed out." I am about to send to Cape François in the island of St Domingo, a Ship loaded with Merchandize to the value of £25000, besides Cannon, Powder and Stores, but this last article will arrive but in small Parcels on account of the risque. "On your part do not fail to send a Ship loaded with good...
Date: 6 June 1776
Volume: Volume 6
In Cyphers
I refer you to my former Letter of the 6th of June (No 2) of which I pray you to follow the disposition.
"The difficulties which I have met with in my negociation with the Ministers, have made me take the resolution of forming a Company which shall send out the supplies of Powder and Stores to your friend, depending in the mean time on remittances in Tobacco at Cape François and always...
Date: 25 June 1776
Volume: Volume 6
By this conveyance we transmit to Silas Deane, Esq. a resolve of the Honble the Continental Congress of Delegates from the Thirteen United States of America; whereby you are appointed one of their Commissioners for negotiating a treaty of Alliance, Amity, and Commerce with the Court of France, and also for negotiating Treaties with other nations agreeable to certain plans and instructions of...
Date: 23 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6
The Congress having Committed to our charge and Management their Ship-of-War Called the Reprisal commanded by Lambert Wickes Esq. carrying 16 Six Pounders and about one hundred and twenty men ー we have allotted her to carry Doctor Franklin to France and directed Captain Wickes to proceed to the Port of Nantes where the Doctor will land and from thence proceed to Paris, and he will either Carry...
Date: 24 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Notwithstanding the hot press continues, they cant get half men enough for the fleet, & 50 sail of W. India-men, which were to sail 20th are not likely tq get away before the middle or latter end of next month, for want of men. Of 30 Sail that left Jamaica with the last Convoy, only one has been yet heard of. The Convoy arrived three weeks since, alone. This has raisd the Insurance from...
Date: 14 January 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Capt. Wickes is return'd to L'Orient with 5 Prizes, taken on the Coast of Portugal: One a Packet from Falmouth to Lisbon, with 18 Guns & 50 Men. The others a Ship from Pool with Fish one from Shetland with Barley, one from Ireland with Flour, & one for Bristol with Wine and Brandy. He has made near 100 Prisoners. At his Request we have proposed, to the English Ambassador here, an Exchange...
Date: 2 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
We are ordered to borrow if we can 2,000,000£ Sterling on Interest. Judge then what a Piece of Service you will do, if you can obtain a considerable Subsidy, or even a Loan without Interest.
We are also ordered to build 6 Ships of War. It is a Pleasure to find the things ordered, which we are doing without Orders.
It will be well to sound the Court of Spain on the Subject of permitting our arm'd...
Date: 21 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
The Schooner Marblehead Capt Saml Dugard will be dispatched by the 14th instant In her we intend shipping some Salt Duck & tent cloth.
Memorandum of Articles shippd in the Success Capt Cabbott Gerrish dispatchd the 8th instant.
757
harricks of Salt
16
Anchors weighing 238 hundd
3
Cables from 18½ to 16 Inches
3
Hawsers
234
Coyles of Cordage all dimensions
31
Cases containg
2247...
Date: 10 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
We Crave your kind Referance to what had the pleasure of salutting you last with on the 31st ulto. wherein informed you Capt Cuninghams Resolution of setting out for St. Sebastians in order to Release if Posable the prize he made of valuable Bale goods on Board of a French Brigg1 & tho' we suppose that he will have informed either...
Date: 10 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11
I received your estemd favour of the 16th. Instant Wherein you have mentiond that the publick is Only Concerned for half and in Consequence the Other half being private property I shall Obey your Orders in Reimbursing messrs. Guaadoqui, I must Oserve that you have made a mistake in the Vessell as you Call her A Ship.1 Wheras she is Only A Sloop Mounting...
Date: 31 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11
I received your letter dattd Feby 20th,1 and sorry to find that the court of Spain will not Allow Our prize2 to be good. On this Subject A Great deal Could be said, the Only thing I could With a Speedy indepedance Settld., And fall right on france & Spain, from such usage as we meet with from them I think it must be so, if we are...
Date: 3 March 1778
Volume: Volume 11