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The news from America occasioned a great Stir among us yesterday, by the first report I was afraid the Troops had misbehaved, but upon reading the account from Salem I was Satisfy'd that the Party after having done what they were order'd at Concord, marchd back towards Boston, and possibly may have lost some few men. however the Bostonians are in the right to make the Kings Troops the aggressors...
Date: 30 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Sir, I have received your Dispatches numbered 1 & 2, and your Letter of the 27th of March and have laid them before the King.2
The Information you had received, of the Arrival of so considerable a Body of Troops at St Domingo was a just ground of Alarm, and His Majesty very much approves of the prudent Measures you took for the safety of the Island, without interrupting it's...
Date: 5 June 1776
Volume: Volume 6
I understand that some Rebel Traders in the New England Provinces have established a Correspondence and are forming Connexions with certain ill affected persons in Nova Scotia through whom they expect to receive Supplies of Merchandize from England and that there is now a Vessel loading in the River upon this Account, The Ship is owned and commanded by Malachy Salter and proposed to be cleared...
Date: 20 July 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Having had the honor to lay before The King the Copy of Vice Admiral Lord Shuldham's Letter to your Lordships of the 16th of April, transmitted to me in your Letter of the 7th of June, in which he acquaints your Lordships that upon quitting the Harbour of Boston with the Fleet, he had stationed a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships in Nantasket Road, under the command of Captain [Francis] Banks of...
Date: 16 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
I am Commanded by the King to signify to your Lordship His Majesty's Pleasure that you do direct the Board of Ordnance to provide such Armed Ships, for the Conveyance of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores to America, as their Lordships suggest to be the most suitable for the purpose in like manner as has been done by that Branch of His Majesty's Government, which has the Charge of Victualling the Army...
Date: 29 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
The late advices from Virginia representing the Earl of Dunmore's Situation to be so much changed from what it was at the time his Lordship transmitted the Demand of Military Stores inclosed in my letter to your Lordship of the 18th of April, that his Lordship has it not in his power to carry on any Military Operations against the Rebels in that Province, and there is good ground to suppose he...
Date: 28 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
I take the Opportunity of Major Gayler's return to New Yorke, to assure your Lordship of my constant Regard and best wishes. The glorious Success of His Majesty's arms 2 gave universal Satisfaction to every good Subject, as they were sensible that after your humane Endeavours to restore Peace, had met with so unfavourable a Reception, no alternative was left but the proving the...
Date: 18 October 1776
Volume: Volume 7
From the Account you gave of publick Transactions in the Islands under your Governmt., in your Letters to me by Mr [Thomas] Lyttelton, and from the Apprehensions you expressed in those Letters, of the Consequences of such Transactions, I thought myself precluded from all Consideration of any Civil Arrangements, in respect to which it was apparent, from what you stated of the Temper &...
Date: 1 January 1777
Volume: Volume 8
. . . a warm Diversion upon the Coasts of the Massachuset's Bay, and New Hampshire, would not only impede the Levies for the Continental Army, but tend much to the Security of Our Trade, and indeed, it scarcely admits a doubt but that these Benefits must inevitably result from such an Arrangement; For as, on one hand, it is scarcely to be expected that those Provinces will part with men when...
Date: 3 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I have received your Dispatches of the 31st December & 31 January, by His Majesty's Ships Lizard & Liverpool, and laid them before the King. His Majesty read with great satisfaction the account you give in the former of these Dispatches of the success with which the very proper & spirited Measures taken by yourself, General Massey & Sir George Collier, for the relief of Fort...
Date: 6 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Soon after I had dispatched my letter to you of the 1st January I received yours, No 7, of the 30th Novr which gave me the satisfaction to know, that the assistance the Admiral afforded you had prevented any attack of the Rebels, and protected you in the administration of your Government.
The Rebel Naval Force being now so greatly reduced, and His Majesty's Ships being, in a good degree, relieved...
Date: 2 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I have received your Dispatches from No 20 to 32, one marked Private No 3 & one dated 24th Deer without any Number, & have laid them before The King.
The Abandonment of the Enterprize formed by the Rebels against St Augustine renders it unnecessary for me now to make any particular Observations upon the very proper Measures you took to repel their intended Attack, & of which your...
Date: 2 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Orders having been given to provide the Cloathing for His Majesty's Troops serving under General Sir William Howe & to be in readiness for shipping by the 20th of July next, for the Freight of which 750 Tons will be necessary, I am commanded by the King to signify to Your Lordships, His Majesty's Pleasure, that you do direct the Navy Board to engage Transports for its Conveyance, capable of...
Date: 10 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8
The King having signified His Majesty's pleasure that Seven Regiments of Infantry should hold themselves in readiness to embark on or about the first of December and to proceed to North America, in order to give countenance and protection to His Majesty's well affected Subjects Inhabitants of the Southern Provinces, and to assist in the suppression of Rebellion and restoration of legal Government...
Date: 13 November 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Inclosed I have the honor to send your Lordships, by His Majesty's Command, a Paper of Intelligence respecting the Channels thro' which Correspondence & Commerce are carried on with the King's Rebellious Subjects in America; and I am to Acquaint Your Lordships, that it is His Majesty's Pleasure, that you do transmit the same to the Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships in North America,...
Date: 27 November 1775
Volume: Volume 3
It having been represented to the King that it may be a great Convenience to the Troops, now preparing to go upon Service in North America, to have some small Carts, to be drawn by Men, for the purpose of attending the Field Train, and conveying Ammunition from Place to Place, as occasion shall require; I am commanded to signify to Your Lordship His Majesty's Pleasure, that, if such small Carts...
Date: 4 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Having laid before the King the States which have been from time to time transmitted to Mr Pownall by Mr Stephens of the Vessels taken up for the Transportation to America, of five Regiments ordered to be embarked at Corke; I am Commanded by His Majesty to signify to Your Lordships His Majesty's pleasure, that directions be given for their proceeding to Corke with as much Expedition as possible,...
Date: 6 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
There being reason to beleive that a Ship, supposed to be now on her Passage from Quebec, may have on board some Rebels; who have been taken Prisoners in that Province; I am commanded by the King, to signify to Your Lordships His Majesty's Pleasure, that you do give Instructions to the Commanders of His Majesty's Ships & Vessels, in their different Stations upon the Coast of Great Britian,...
Date: 9 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Having received information that an American Vessel named the Betsy will fall down the River for Gravesend this Evening's Tide and proceed immediately from thence to the Downs having cleared out for Antigua, tho' really destined for North America, I am commanded by the King to signify to your Lordships His Majesty's Pleasure that you do direct the Commander of any of His Majesty's Ships at the...
Date: 11 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The King being determined, in Concurrence with His Parliament, to pursue the most vigorous Measures for reducing His rebellious Subjects in North America to Obedience, and for restoring legal Government, has given the Royal Assent to the inclosed Act, which I am commanded by His Majesty to transmit to you, and at the same time to signify to you His Majesty's Pleasure that you do exhort all...
Date: 23 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3