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I have Sent you By the Barer two Libels which the masters are very Desirous May Come to tryal as soon as posable. Shall Esteem it a favour if youl please to advertize them in the Next weeks paper2 and youl much Oblige [&c.]
Date: 11 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
[To] William Bartlett
Dr
May 26
To Wharfage 17 Cord wood Capt Leach
6-9 ½
To Wharfage Sloop takeing by Capt Burk 21 weeks & one Day a 5/4
5-12-9
To Wharfage Sloop Betsey takeing by Capt Manly 23 weeks & 2 Days a 5/4
6- 4-2
L Q lb
To 2 barrels flour Neat 4-1-8 a 22/
4-15-3¾
pr his act in old book (page 2)
Date: 26 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Capt. William Bartlett [Dr.]
[1776]
June 4.
To Watering Schoor Warren Capt [William] Burk[e]
0. 2. 0
L Q [lb]
5.
To 10 bbl. flour Dd [Daniel] Waters Neat
21-1-4 a 24/
25.10.10¼
To Ebenzr Foster 14/ for Hinges
.14..0
To Barrack rent 3 Months a
6. 13..4
Date: 5 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I have the plasure to Informe your Excellency that your Schrs. Lee & Warrin have this Moment, Arrived with the Ship Ann from Glasco with Ninety five, of the kings troops on Board, She Mounted Six Carrage Guns But the Master and troops, Made No oposion against your Vessells theytook her Last Night off Cape Cod2 I. have Sent you By the Barer all the papers, the troops on Board I...
Date: 8 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Received Marblehead June 18th 1776 of William Bartlett Fifteen Hundred & fifty pounds 2/5 ¾ on A/c of the Peoples Prize money
Date: 18 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I have this Moment Received the Incloused Remarks from the Honle Richd Darby Esqr of Salem. I therefore take the Earlist oppertunity To Informe your E[xce]llency of it2 If there Should Be any Armed Vessels in the port of Boston you Might have the oppurtunity to Send them out in Season to Meet the fleet, and Likewise that the Committee of War May Be the Better prepaired to Receive them...
Date: 23 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I am Extremely Sorry to take up one moment of your attention Engaged as it is in concerns of the highest Import to the United American States: But Seeing without your kind Interposition I may be Materially Injured, I hope you will Excuse Me.
your Excellency was pleased to appoint Me one of the agents for the Continental armed Vessels, which office I have Endeavourd to discharge with diligence and...
Date: 20 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Be it remembered, That on the twenty ninth day of July in the year of ourLord One thousand seven hundred and seventy six, Jonathan Glover of Marblehead in the County of Essex merchant comes into court, and in behalf of Samuel Tucker commander of the armed schooner called the Hancock, and his company of marines and mariners, and John Skimmer commander of the armed Schooner named the Franklin, and...
Date: 29 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Reced Beverly 14 Novr 1776 of William Bartlett One Thousand pound in part of the Captors Shares in Ship Concord and Cargo
pr Jonathan Glover
Reced Beverly 14 Novr 1776 of William Bartlett, Five hundred & Sixty Three pounds 10; 3 in part ot the Captors Shares in Brigt Nancy & Cargo
pr Jonathan Glover
Reced Beverly 14th Novr 1776 of William Bartlett, Nine hundred & fifty Nine pounds 4/9...
Date: 14 November 1776
Volume: Volume 7
The Barer Mr Glover I have Sent on purpose for a Number of Articles I am in want off, to dispatch your Vessels (that I am Loading,) & for the Ship that is to be Calked & graved Eight or ten Barrills of Tar Six Ditto of pitch & five of Turpintime, three pe[ices] of ozenbriges or Ticklinburgs, 6 lb Twine to Make Small Sails for the Schrs one Hundred & Twenty fathoms of Shrowd hawser...
Date: 11 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
please to Send Me By Capt Ingerson [David Ingersoll] who is to Bring the Stores for the State Vessels ー Six dozen of Jibb Racks & two dozen of Large Hoops for the Masts, & Six Water pails as they are Not to be had here, Last Night arrived into this harbour a prize taken By Capt [John] Skimmer She is a Schr Load with fish.2 If the Board Should Incline to purches Belive they May...
Date: 22 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I Would Inform the Honble Board that Capt Hines in your Spy Return the Last Night, Being Chast in, By two Men of War they Chast him Cost [close] into the Estern point of Cape Ann, Capt Hines has Not discover'd any thing off, But theese two Men of war them he has Ben in Sight of, three or four days, But they did Not discover him untill yesterday Morning, at which time he was about ten Leags from...
Date: 22 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Whereas a Power has been granted by his Excellency General Washington, Commander in Chief of the Army of the United Colonies, unto John Glover Esq. Colonel of the 21st Regiment, and unto Stephen Moylan Esq Commissary Generall of Musters, to appoint Agents for the armed Schooners & Vessells fitted out, now fitting or may hereafter be fitted out for the Use of the United Colonies again[st] the...
Date: 29 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
By the Barer Captt Richard James I would Inform your Excellency, that Captt Manly in your Schor. Lee, Brought into Marblehead this Morning a Schr of about forty Tuns Load with Lumber2 he took Sd Schr about three Miles from Boston Lighthous, I have found But two Letters on Board Which have Sent by Captt James the Master & a Doctor which is Sd to be a pasinger on [board] have Sent...
Date: 10 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
We The Subscribers Being appointed By his Excellency, General Washington, as agents for a Number of armed Vessels, already fitted out, & that May be hereafter fitted out, Belonging to the Continental army, to provide provissions &C for Said Vessels, also to Receive into our hands, all prizes, that are and Shall be hereafter Sent into Marblehead Salem & Beverly, and to dispose of the...
Date: 14 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
According to your Orders I have Disposed of the Sloop Ranger Willm McGlathry Master Loade of wood &C. which was Brought in here By Captd Manly by your Schr Lee,2 the Vessel I have Sent to Beverly and their halled, her-up, the Neat proseads and the Accott Waites your Excellency further Orders in the Intrim I Beg Leave to Subscribe my Selfe [&c.]
Date: 22 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
I have the pleasure to Inform your Exc[e]llency that Capt Manly in your Schr Lee, Brought into the Mouth of Marblehead harbour this Morning, the Ship Concord James Lowrie Master from Glassco; the Invoices and all the papers on Board her have Sent forward By Capt Richd James, the Ship Immeadatly on her Comeing into Marblehead, order her, to Beverly, as She was Turning in, got a ground on the Bar,...
Date: 3 December 1775
Volume: Volume 2
This will acknowledge the receipt of your esteemed favor per Mr. Gould, and note contents. I heartily congratulate you, Captain [Daniel] Waters, and your officers, on the success of your last cruise, and I hope your next will prove as successful. 2 I should have set off for Cape Ann with Mr. Gould, but the indisposition of my bodily health is such as will not permit of it to-day, but...
Date: 3 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3
. . . Capt Hines in your Spy Sehr arrived has Not discovered any thing on his Crews, Neither has he Seen our fleet Sence yesterday week at which time they where Standing to the Estward, the Spy will Sail again in two hours, Should be glad you would Send Me for the Spy Sehr two Barrills pork & four Barrills Bread, your Ship Gural [Gruel] I hope is Saft at Falmouth, as She had a fine Winddown...
Date: 3 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I am very Sorry to Inform your Honours that I am very Sick of my voyage, as soon as Capt. Bartlett1 Return from Boston & it was known, that he was Bound to South Carolina & France. the crew that had agreed to go in the Brigg, purchesed of Colo. Orne,2 all Left to go with him. Soon after, the Capt. followed them, he is Shipt to go Cap...
Date: 25 February 1778
Volume: Volume 11