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I have lately been favoured with a Copy of Lord Dartmouth's circular Letter to the Governors of the respective Colonies upon this Continent, wherein he Informs them, that His Majesty has thought fit, by his order in Council of the 19th October 1774, to prohibit the exportation from Great Britain of Gunpowder or any sort of Arms or Ammunition & that it is his Majesty's Command that they take...
Date: 30 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
I embrace this opportunity, by Mr Cabot, to Congratulate you upon our Continental Vessells this day bringing into this Harbour a Ship of between Two and three hundred Tons loadened with fifteen hundred barrells of Powder, One Thousand Carbines and a number of intrenching & Carpenters Tools ー one of the Richest pri[z]es that has as yet been taken ー As Genl Washington has left so few Men for...
Date: 17 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Dear Sir I have received your Favor of the 7th May and am Sincerely Glad to hear that as the plot thickens you ripen more & more to Unanimity in the most decisive Measures, more especialy as this is the crisis, the very Crisis, when we ought to exert every Nerve and spare no expence or Trouble in the defence of our Country and its precious rights. If we behave well this year and Heaven...
Date: 10 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Dear Sir I have received your several Favors of the 6th, 12 & 16 June & note their Contents, am obliged to you for the list of the Names of the Captains appointed for the Several Ships; I am glad to hear the money is upon the Road for the Troops & Ships ー that for the Ships is much wanted, & the Continental Troops had grown so uneasy for want of their pay that General Ward had...
Date: 24 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I wrote you the 15th Instant that the Ship Hancock was launched but stoped by the way, She has since got off without the least hurt & safe alongside the Long Wharf at Newbury Port. She is a very fine Ship, there is not one Superior to her on the Continent ー We want the Guns, and orders for Enlisting the men ー Genl Washington has ordered all the Continental Regiments Stationed in this State to...
Date: 18 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
...Capt McNeil is just arrived in town from Philadelphia, after having some Consultation with him, shall send you A List of officers ー we wait for the Cannon, pray let me Know how soon we may expect them, as also the order for Enlisting the Men & for What time2...
Date: 22 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I wrote you some time Ago to send me the dimensions of the Cannon you were preparing for the Ships, but have never had a line from you upon that subject; pray send me a draft of the Cannon designed for each Ship, that I may have the Carriages Compleated forthwith, let me have their dimensions very particularly & minutely ー & let me know what weight of Metal you allow for the 24 Gun...
Date: 30 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
The Memorial of Thomas Cushing Esqr ー Humbly Sheweth, that One of the Continental Frigates built to carry Twenty four Nine pound Cannon, may Soon be got ready for Sailing, but is destitute of Guns, that your Memorialist was to have been furnished with the Cannon for this Vessel from Philadelphia but by the last Accounts receiv'd from thence he has reason to fear they will not be here seasonably,...
Date: 15 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
...The Committee for Fortifying the Harbour of Boston are examining the Cannon in and About Boston to see if they Can possibly Spare me sufficient for the Twenty four Gun Frigate,2 Agreable to the order of Council. I am in great hopes shall be able to get the loan of a Sufficient Number for that Ship untill they can be obtained from Philadelphia Let me intreat you to hurry the Cannon...
Date: 19 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Mr William Bant Informed me that you directed him to pay into my hands such monies as he had from time to time occasion to remit to Philadelphia upon your Account, and to take Bills for the same upon yourself, he has accordingly paid me One Thousand Dollars for which have given him a Bill, which I hope will be Agreable: I forgot to mention in my last that Capt Manly sett out for Philadelphia on...
Date: 4 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
I have received your kind favor of the 24 Ultimo ー The 24 Gun Frigate might have been out to Sea a month Ago and have cleared her Cost as well as the Cost of the other Frigate, by what prizes she might have taken before this, had she have been furnished with her Guns, the want of these retards every Attempt to fix her off, besides it will be impossible to procure Men till they see she is...
Date: 9 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
That your Memorialist has received directions from the Marine Committee of Congress2 apply to this State for Powder, Ball, Muskett Shot & Other Military Stores for the Continental Frigate Called the Boston Commanded by Capt Hector McNeil which they say will be paid for or Returned by the Congress, that your Memorialist finds there will be Wanted for the Said Frigate Four Tons of...
Date: 4 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6
I have received Your Favor of the 21 Sept last wherein I find The Congress have determined to Comply with the Wishes of our assembly with regard to the Ship Commanded by Capt McNeil2 have Authorised Me to Accept the proffered assistance of the said Assembly in fitting out Equipping arming and manning that Frigate; I have already received most of the Cannon & they will all be at...
Date: 7 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6
I am in want of Two Cables for the Continental Ships & hear there are some to be sold at Providence should be glad you would Inform me whether You Can obtain same 2 of abt 15½ Inches. pray let me know by the first opportunity ー be pleased also to Inform me whether either of your Cables for either of the Continental Ships at Providence are a Double Shot or abt 20 [illegible] fathom long ー Yr...
Date: 15 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6
I have received your favor of the 16 November, hope the express will arrive very soon with the Cash or I shall not know what to do. The ship Hancock is arrived from Newbury Port into this Harbour. It was thought she could not by any means lay with safety at Newbury, Capt Manly has therefore exerted himself to get her Round, and has been obliged to be at very considerable expense to execute this...
Date: 16 December 1776
Volume: Volume 7
In my last of the 13 Instant P Express I wrote you that I had received your Favor of the 28 december last, & that I was oblidged to you for kindly offering to me the Care & management of Building the Two Ships, one for 74 Guns & the other for 36 Guns which the Congress had determined to build in this State & that I chearfully Accepted the off er & should endeavor to execute...
Date: 16 January 1777
Volume: Volume 7
I have lately received orders for building a Seventy four Gun Ship in this State. I hear you have received simalar orders. I should be oblidged to you to Inform me, in What manner you have contracted for building this Ship, how you are to give for Timber & plank, What wages you are to allow the Builders or Master workmen & the Common workmen — What price you allow the Blacksmith for his...
Date: 16 January 1777
Volume: Volume 7
please to Send the dimensions of the Ships immediately, as they will be wanted directly to determine in what manner to hew the Timber,2 No Iron to be had here under Eighty pounds P Ton, pray send a Quantity immediately from Baltimore Send also a quantity of Hemp if possible, as I know not how it will be practica:ble to obtain the Riggen in these parts. —
I wrote you the 10th of Novr...
Date: 26 January 1776
Volume: Volume 7
I arrived here the 15 Instant & delivered the Money to the Treasurer & your Letters to the General Court ー I immediately endeavourd to find out the most convenient & safe place to Build the Vessells for the Continental Service, 2 Consulted the several Members of the Council & other Gentlemen who were of opinion that Newbury Port was the most suitable place Upon all...
Date: 20 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
I have Received your Favor of the ninth Instant, am oblidged to you for the letter Return' d, & also for the Information you have given Relative to the Arrival of Powder & Saltpetre, I give You joy upon this Occasion & hope the Saltpetre will be immediately Converted into Powder & forwarded with all possible dispatch to our Camp at Cambridge, Where it is wanted; our Vessells have...
Date: 24 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3