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I beg You will acquain[t their] Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, I have [arrived at] Portsmouth Yesterday Evning; and this [Morning ha]ve hoisted my Flag on board His Majesty['s Ship] Portland, whose State and Condition I here enclose. On Thursday next 1 mean to have her Comp[any giv]en two Months Advance; and will then proceed, (Winds & Weather permitting) agreeable to their [Lordships...
Date: 17 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Please to acquaint my Lords Comm[issioners] of the Admiralty, that on the 21st Instt A.M. I Sailed from [the] Road, in Company with His Majesty's Sloop Pomona, wh[ose Com]mander I have Ordered to accompany me to Antigu[a] pursuant to their Lordships directions. The 22d the Wi[nd came] to the So Wt & blowes strong, with heavy squalls of Rain [Th]erefore put into Torbay, and Anchored, 'till the...
Date: 24 April 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Please to acquaint my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that I arrived at Madeira, in His Majesty's Ship Portland (with the Pomona Sloop in Company) the 12th Instant; and having now compleatly Watered both Ships; and taken on board a Sufficient Supply of Wine; I shall this Ev'ning proceed on my Voyage to Antigua.
Inclosed I have transmitted, the State and Condition of His Majesty's Ships...
Date: 19 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
By James Young Esqr Vice Admiral of the Red &c.
Vice Admiral [William] Parry, having delivered me an Anonymous Letter he had just received from St Croix dated the 10th May 1775, (a Copy of which is annexed) acquainting him that a Combination is between that Place and the British Colonies of America, and that He (the writer) was informed they had shipped from that Place to Norfolk in Virginia...
Date: 10 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Please to acquaint my Lords Commissrs, [of] the Admiralty that I arrived at this place in His Maj[ts Shi]p Portland (with the Pomona Sloop in Company) the [1st in]stant, and have taken Command of his Majesty's Ships [&] Vessels in these Seas: And shall forthwith put in execution their Lordships Orders and Instructions to me, [da]ted the 15th April last; likewise such unexecuted and [St]anding...
Date: 10 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
You are hereby required and directed forthwith to reeve the Provisions on board his Majesty's Ship under your Comma[nd for] three Months of all Species, and are then to Sail to the Island [of] Dominica, there to complete your Wood and Water, and having [so] done; you are immediately to proceed to the Island of Barba[does] and apply to William Senhouse Esqr Surveyor General of hi[s Majts] Customs...
Date: 17 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Since my Arrival at Antigua I wrote You the following Letters, vizt The 10th June by His Majesty's Ship Chatham: and the 15th July by the Eleanor. (Oswald Master) & the 22d July transmitted a duplicate of the latter: by the Mermaid, (French Master) these Letters I hope are come [sa]fe to hand; and that You have Communicated the Contents as requested (to my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty...
Date: 8 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
By James Young Esqr. Vice Adml. of the Red & Commr. in Chief of His Majts. Ships and Vessels employ'd & to be employ'd at Barbadoes & the Leeward Islands & in the Seas adjacent.
In addition to the Orders you receiv'd from me (the 24th. July last, & the 8th. instant) you are hereby further required & directed to search all Vessels you may fall in with, that are bound to...
Date: 14 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Having received certain intelligence that sundry Vessels belonging to No. America go to the French, Dutch & Danish Islands in these Seas, & offer unlimitted prices for Gunpowder & other Warlike Stores I think it my Duty to acquaint you therewith; as so many Vessels come in here, daily from thence, who may have the like directions to purchase it at any rate; And I also hear there is at...
Date: 14 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I had the honor to receive your Letter of the 17th Inst. dated from the Council Chamber at St. Johns in which you inform me the Council of this His Majestys Island Antigua "have no authority to prevent the buying & selling of Merchandize which hath been fairly imported & would advise an application to the Commander in Chief of these Islands for a proclamation to restrain the selling of...
Date: 22 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Having received certain intelligence that sundry Vessels belonging to North America, go to the French Dutch & Danish Islands in these Seas and offer unlimited prices for Gunpowder and other Warlike Stores, I think it my duty, as Commander in Chief of the Kings Ships and Vessels employ'd on this station to acquaint you therewith, and to express my apprehension; that as many of the North...
Date: 22 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
By James Young Esq. Vice Adml of the Red & Commr in Chief of His Majts Ships and Vessels employ'd & to be employ'd at Barbadoes & the Leeward Islands, & in the Seas adjacent.
You are hereby required and directed to compleat the Provisions Wood & Water on board His Majts Ship Argo, under your command to three Months & then sail to the Island of Barbadoes, & immediately...
Date: 30 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
In Consequence of the Letter I received from Captain [Henry] Bryne of the Pomona Sloop the 4th Instant, (of which I inclosed a Copy to you for their Lordships perusal the 8th August p the Creighton, Ross, Master) setting forth that a Schooner from North America arrived at the Island St Croix, in Order to procure Gunpowder for America; and offering any Money for the Purchase &c, and it having...
Date: 30 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Sir I have lately received information that several Ships of Force were fitting from different parts of America which are said to be intended to Cruize for and intercept the homeward bound West India Ships, both from these Islands and Jamaica: and as it has likewise been represented to me that Sundry Vessels from the West India Islands Laden with Gunpowder and Military Stores for the use of the...
Date: 13 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
You are hereby required and directed to proceed forthwith in His Majesty's Ship Seaford under your Command, to Prince Ruperts Bay at the Island of Dominica, and there use all possible dispatch to Compleat her Wood and Water, and as soon as that is finished, you are to proceed off the Island Curassou and Cruize about that and the adjacent Islands to intercept and take as Prize of War all such...
Date: 18 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Sir. I entreat you will acquaint my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that it has given me the greatest Concern to perceive by Mr [George] Jacksons Letter of the 20th February last, their Lordships had been pleased to approve all the appointments I had made in Consequence of Captain Gordons Dismission, except that of Lieutenant Young to Command the Pomona; and that their Lordships added "I...
Date: 20 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Sir I had the honour to receive from Mr Charles Chabert your Excellencys Letter of the 14th Current Complaining that Captain [John] Colpoys of His Britannic Majesty's Ship the Seaford, had on the 10th Instant wrote to desire your permission to Seize an American Vessel (from Philadelphia) then lying in the Road of St. Eustatia; this Letter I certainly disapprove of as he had no Authority or...
Date: 20 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Whereas the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have directed me to appoint Convoys to the homeward bound Trade from these Islands; You are hereby required and directed to Compleat the Victualing &c of his Majesty's Ship Portland under your Command to three Months, and proceed to Basseterre at the Island of St Christophers, and make known to all such Merchant Vessels as are bound to Great...
Date: 30 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Please to acquaint my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that pursuant to their Orders to me of the 19th February last I caused publication to be made for Tenders to be delivered from such persons as might have Vessels to dispose of which on due Survey and examination should be deemed fit to be made armed Vessels for the use of His Majesty; and that I have inclosed for their Lordships...
Date: 1 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
(A Copy)
General
No 14.
By James Young Esqre Vice Admiral of the Red, and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels employed at Barbadoes, the Leeward Islands, &c.
Whereas I have received Intelligence that it is become a practice among the American People trading to and from the French, Dutch, and Danish Islands in these Seas, since the Commencement of the late...
Date: 24 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5