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I have receiv'd their Lordships Order of the 19th Inst Directing me to repair to Portsmouth, & hoisting my Flag on bd His Majs Ship Chatham at that Port, hold myself in readiness to proceed to Boston; & as that Ship is now under repair, & will not be ready to proceed for some time, I beg the favour you will Signifye my request to their Lordships that they will please to indulge me...
Date: 25 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I am to acquaint you that General Howe and the Army under his Command, still continue in this place waiting for the Arrival of a supply of Provisions; and having informed you in my Letter of the 19th past which with my other Dispatches I sent you by the Princess Augusta Victualling Sloop, (Duplicates of which you will now receive) of the Accident that had happened to the Glasgow, and my intention...
Date: 10 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Mr [Alexander] Brymer Agent to the Contractor for supplying Rum to His Majesty's Ships upon this Station, having by Letter (Copy of which I herewith inclose you) furnished me with his reasons why he could not comply with the Contract, and the Ships being in immediate want, I have been under the Necessity of making application to General Howe and borrowing Ten Thousand Gallons from the Store...
Date: 10 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I am to acquaint you that last night His Majesty's Sloop Swan arrived at this place having a few days ago fallen in with the Dispencer Packet, bound to Boston, and taken out of her the Dispatches for General Howe and me; all which I have received and caused to be delivered; and am particularly to acknowledge the receipt of their Lordships Order of the 29th March, wherein they are pleased to...
Date: 12 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I have received from Mr Jackson the following Letters to which I shall pay a proper attention;
Duplicate 7th Febry 1776 Informing me that Mr Peacock was appointed to take charge of the Elizabeth Storeship, and after delivering his Cargo to put himself under my Command.
Duplicate 13th Febry, Acquainting me that Mr Roberts was appointed to the Charge of the Elizabeth, in the room of Mr Peacock....
Date: 12 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I am to inform you His Majesty's Sloop Savage arrived here the 17th Instant with dispatches from New York, bringing under Convoy the Ship Lady Gage and two other Vessels taken at that place by His Majesty's Ships.
I herewith transmit to you Copies of Captain Parker's Letter, and the several Articles of Intelligence with which it was accompanied.2
Their Lordships having by Mr [George]...
Date: 20 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I am to acquaint you that an Armed Sloop sent from Cape Fear with dispatches for the General and myself arrived here the 13th instant, and that by a Letter from Captain [Anthony] Hunt of His Majesty's Ship Sphinx I am acquainted with his arrival there with the Pigot Hospital Ship, Aurora and Emanuel Transports, the Sovereign Victualler, and the King George Transport one of Sir Peter Parker's...
Date: 20 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I am to inform you of the arrival of His Majesty's Ship Greyhound at this place the 16th instant, and also of the whole of her Convoy except the Hope, laden with Gunpowder and Ordnance Stores, which Ship I am sorry to acquaint you seperated from the Greyhound the 10th in a very thick fog, and has riot since been heard of; but as I am acquainted by Captain [Archibald] Dickson that he having before...
Date: 20 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Rate
Ships
Commanders
In Halifax Harbour
Disposition
4th
Chatham
V. Admiral
Shuldham
[Moored off the Yard
Captn
John Raynor
6th
Lively
"
Thos Bishop
Under Orders to proceed with the Levant Victualler to New York and the Delaware, and from thence to Cape Fear and Saint Augustine
"
Scarborough
"
Andw Barkley
Refitting
"
Greyhound
"
Archd Dickson
Intended to accompany...
Date: 24 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Sir, I am to acquaint you that the Canceaux arrived here Yesterday and that I have received the following Orders and Letters, with the Several papers referred to in them, and Also duplicates of other Letters and Orders, which have been received before and Acknowledged.
Orders
April 18th 1776. To send the Fowey to Newfoundland and to deliver a Pacquet inclosed to Captain [George] Montagu.
4th ー To...
Date: 2 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
In case the following Measures which I judge to be necessary for His Majesty's Service, should not be carried into execution before my departure from this place, I think it expedient to make you acquainted with them, that the proper Orders for the purposes hereafter mentioned may be given, when the Command in this Port may devolve on you.
Her Orders are left with you
1st
I intend the...
Date: 5 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Know all Men by these Presents That I Molyneux Shuldham Esq. Vice Admiral of the Blue & Commander in Chief of his Majestys Ships & Vesselsin North America have Constituted & Appointed & in Stead and placeput, & by these Presents do Constitute & Appoint & in Stead and Place put Alexander Brymer of Halifax in Nova Scotia Gentleman, to be my trueSufficient & lawfull...
Date: 5 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
By a Letter from Captain [Francis] Banks of the Renown of the 24th past, he informs me that a few days before, he had sent his Boats with those of the Experiment Manned and Armed to destroy a small Rebel Privateer which had run ashore in one of the Channels leading to Boston; That in this attempt his First Lieutenant Mr [Josiah] Harris was killed, and Seven more Men of the party were either...
Date: 8 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I herewith Inclose you a Copy of a letter I received from General [William] Howe2 representing that, as the Transport Department which was already very extensive would during the Course of the ensuing Campaign be greatly increased, it was his Opinion it would be for his Majesty's Service that an Officer of Superior Rank to a Lieutenant should have the direction of the Other Agents; and...
Date: 8 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I herewith transmit you the Disposition of His Majesty's Squadron under my Command, also the State and Condition of those Ships from which I have been Able to Collect them. I am Sir [&c.]
Date: 6 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Rate
Ship
Commanders
Disposition
V. A.
Shuldham
Moor'd off the Watering Place on Staten Island New York bearing N N E ½ E. distance 8 Miles
4th
Chatham
Captain
John Raynor
"
Centurion
"
Rd Brathwaite
5
Phoenix
"
Hyde Parker
3
Asia
Geo: Vanderput
6
Rose
"
James Wallace
"
Greyhound
"
Archd Dickson
Storeship
Adventure
Lieutt
John Hallum
Sloop
Senegal
Captn...
Date: 6 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I acquainted you in my Letter of the 9th of June that I had Appointed Mr Evan Nepean Purser of the Falcon, and my Secretary, Purser of the Roebuck, in the room of Mr James Mason, whose Death was reported to me by Captain [John] Linzee of the Falcon, but as that information is since found to be groundless, I have withdrawn the Warrants I had Signed on that occassion.
Captain Bellew of His Majesty'...
Date: 6 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I am to acquaint you of my Arrival at this place with His Majesty's Ships under my Command and the whole Fleet of Transports, Victuallers, and Storeships, under their Convoy, fortunately without any loss or separation the 3rd Instant, and that His Majesty's Troops under the command of General Howe were landed on that day and the next on Staten Island without any Opposition or interruption, the...
Date: 8 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
The great Confusion in which I left my private Affairs in England when I was called upon and appointed to the Command of His Majesty's Fleet in America, requiring my Return, I beg the Favor your Lordship will give me Leave to proceed to Great Britain in any Manner You shall please to direct.2
I am less scrupulous in making this Request when I see so important a Trust under the...
Date: 13 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
On the arrival of Lord Howe at this place a few days ago, I was not a little surprized to find that on His Lordship's calling off Halifax, He was informed by Commissioner Arbuthnot that there was no intimation left with him to what place His Majesty's Squadron under my Command and the Transports under my Convoy had proceeded, This indeed, if Fact, would have been a very gross and un-Officer-like...
Date: 24 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5