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Applycation havg this Day bin Made to persons here to Risque Mr Hackers Boat, he being gone to the Camp, his Son was in Doubt wiether he Could Concent for her to go for fear his father mought Loose her as well as the one now in the hands of the men of warr, and as both the Boats now held by the men of warr are said to be Detained on Account of their haveing bin Imployd in the Colonys Service in...
Date: 12 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I have received your letter of the 14th inst.; although I am unacquainted with you, or what station you act in; suppose you write in behalf of some body of people; therefore, previous to my giving an answer, I must desire to know whether or not, you, or the people on whose behalf you write, are not in open rebellion to your lawful sovereign, and the acts of the British legislature!
I am, sir your...
Date: 15 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
A Ship Arrivd last night with Troops ー it has been observed to Day that A Ship or two are missing out of the Harbour, it is Suspected that they are coming to Rhode Island ー But I dont apprehend any Attention ought to be paid to the Suggestion ー I heard a letter read Dated the Sixth of May from Holland, in which it is Said the Dutch are affronted with the English and have ordered the English...
Date: 28 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Sir: Yesterday I had an Account that three Men of War and Nine Transports had Sail'd out of Boston and in Evening I received a Note the Copy whereof is inclosed. The great Distress they are in at Boston for fresh Provisions makes it extreamly probable they may make some depridations along the Coasts; I have therefore thought it Proper to give you the earliest Notice, that the owners of those...
Date: 26 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I am Yesterday favored with yours of the 31st July; We have yet no certain Accounts of the Fleet which Sail'd out of Boston the 25th; but if our Conjectures and Information are just we may expect to hear of it every Hour. I am now, Sir, in strict Confidence to acquaint you, that our Necessities in the Articles of Powder and Lead are so great as to require an immediate Supply. I must earnestly...
Date: 4 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Sir: Your Favors of the 8th and 11th Inst are duly received; the former, I laid before the General Court of this Province, but one of the Delegates communicated to them what Mr. [Samuel] Ward did to you, of the proceedings of the Continental Congress touching this Powder, nothing was done towards the providing of Specie, that the Vessel might proceed to other Places in case of a Disap pointment...
Date: 14 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
This Court has received information that the Mail from Providence to Newport, which contains Letters from the post Office at Cambridge, was intercepted last week by a Man of Wars boat, in passing Conanicut ferry, and Several of the letters taken out, your Honr is Sensible that it may be of the most consequence, to have letters from these parts, fall into the hands of those who are Seeking our...
Date: 14 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Involved as we are in the Calamities of an unjust and cruel War, and Numerous the difficulties, we have to Struggle with in Consequence of it, we are as yet to Acknowledge with Gratitude to the Supreme Disposer of all Events the many Signal appearances of Divine providence in our favour. In the frequent Encounters we have had with our Unnatural Enemies upon our Coasts, they have in almost every...
Date: 18 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Mr William Warner, the bearer hereof, hath undertaken to go mate on board the Brigantine Minerva, burthen 113 Tons, an Armed Vessel ordered to be fitted out for Defence of our Coasts Capt Giles Hall, to be comander. ー This young Gentleman, son to Capt Oliver Ring Warner of Newport, now residing at Middletown, coming on business to Providence and Newport is instructed to procure a good Gunner for...
Date: 24 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I received yours of the 15th Instant, acquainting me with the Loss of the Mail; and proposing a new Route for the Post, to prevent Such Accidents hereafter. In that you will take the Advice & Direction of the principal People in your Government. The Comptroller will Soon be along your Road, for the purpose of establishing all the Stages & Offices as he shall be advis'd & find best. I...
Date: 27 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Yours of yesterday's date came safe to hand per Ezekiel Burr In answer. I have no intelligence of more than one man-of-war and four tenders, being near and between here and Block Island. By the best information there is about two hundred of our people got on Block Island. Agreeable to your request, I shall, without any loss of time, forward your orders and advice to the inhabitants of Block...
Date: 1 September 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I have been obliged to take the Town's Stocks of powder and ball from Westerly, Charlestown and Hopkintown, to equip the troops for the Block Island expedition, and to press 50 fire-arms. Of consequence, we are left in a most defenceless and wretched situation. These are, therefore, to beg your Honor would immediately order that the above towns may be supplied, as numbers of the inhabitants are...
Date: 1 September 1775
Volume: Volume 1
We the Subscribers all of Providence in the County of Rhode Island Merchants request your Honor to grant a Commission or Letters of Marque and Reprisal to Daniel Bucklin Commander of the Sloop Montgomery of which we are Owners. She is burthened about Sixty Tons, carries Ten Carriage Guns Four Pounders & Two Pounders and Ten Swivels, manned with Fifty Men, and fitted with a suitable Quantity'...
Date: 13 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
this Letter will inform you Capn Samuel Soule is departed from hence the 14th of April he hath done very well to wait no Longuor for 3000 of Gun powder he wanted more, because our french Vestles have been detained by the Contrary wind till the 6th of this Month, Since that time we have received 14 Vestles laden with provisions and dry goods, they have imported about a hundred thousand of Gun...
Date: 13 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Would acquaint your Honor that upon application being lately made to the Honorable Continental Congress, to have the cannon and such other of the stores which Commodore Hopkins brought from New Providence, except what was necessary for the fleet, to be left at New London for the defence of that port; the Congress considering the importance of having that place well fortified, passed a resolve...
Date: 14 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
We the Subscribers all of Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island Merchants request your Honor to grant a Commission or Letters of Marque and Reprisal to Lewis Thomas Commander of the Sloop Snowbird of which we are Owners, She is burthened about Fifty-six Tons carries Four Swivel Guns, manned with Six Men and fitted with a suitable Quantity of Military Stores &c. Lewis Thomas is Captain and...
Date: 8 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
John [Burroughs] Hopkins is appointed to the Command of the largest Ship, called Warren after Dr.[Joseph] Warren of glorious Memory, and Samuel Tompkins to the Command of the smallest called Providence. ー2
Date: 21 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
We the Subscribers all of East Greenwich and Warwick ー in the Colony of Rhode Island Merchants request your Honor to grant a Commission or Letters of Marque and Reprisal to John Garzia Commander of the Sloop General Greene of which we are Owners, she is burthened about Thirty Tons, carries Four Carriage Guns Three Pounders and Twelve Swivel Guns, manned with Thirty Men; and fitted with a suitable...
Date: 3 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
We the Subscribers of Providence and Newport in the Colony of Rhode Island Merchants, request your Honor to grant a Commission or Letters of Marque and Reprisal to William Chace Commander of the Sloop Diamond ー of which we are Owners, she is burthened about Sixty Tons, carries Six Carriage Guns Four Pounders, and Ten Swivel Guns, manned with Forty Men and fitted with a suitable Quantity of...
Date: 6 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I the Subscriber late of the City and Colony of New-York, but now residing in Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island &c. request your Honor to grant a Commission or Letters of Marque and Reprisal to me as Commander of the Schooner Defiance of which I am Owner, She is burthened about Fifty Tons carries Four Carriage Guns Three Pounders and Eight Swivel Guns, manned with Fifty Men, and fitted...
Date: 16 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5