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On Tuesday last [July 4] his Majesty's sloop Scorpion, commanded by Hon. Capt. [John] Tollemache, sailed for Boston
Date: 7 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
The Enemy having landed at General [Robert] Howe's Plantation, on Sunday Morning, between 2 and 3 o'clock, about 900 Troops, under the Command of Generals [Henry] Clinton and [Charles] Cornwallis, the Centry posted on the River Bank immediately gave the Alarm to the Guard, who had only Time to collect their Horses, and throw down the Fences to let a few Cattle out, which they drove off before the...
Date: 13 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
On Monday Capt. [Simon] Tufts, in the Colony Schooner Defence, returned from a Cruize, with a Brigantine belonging to New-York, that had been a whaling. The same Day an English Man of War and her Tender appeared off; and yesterday Morning Capt. [Joseph] Turpin, in the Colony Brigt. Comet, with a large Ship, a Prize, hove in Sight. The Man of War had lain at an Anchor off the Bar all the...
Date: 22 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
On Tuesday afternoon, in a violent thunderstorm, the Colony Brigt. Comet, lying in the harbour, was struck with lightning whereby her mainmast was shivered, and one of the sailors on board killed.
Date: 31 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
On the 1st of June his Excellency the President2 received Advices of a Fleet of 40 or 50 Sail being at Anchor about six Leagues to the Northward of Sullivans Island. Accounts of the Arrival of Sir Peter Parker's Fleet in N. Carolina, and that it, was destined either for Virginia or this Province, having been received about three Weeks before, put it beyond a Doubt that this was his...
Date: 4 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
A Proclamation
Whereas a most unprovoked and wicked Rebellion hath for some Time past prevailed and doth now exist, within his Majesty's Province of South-Carolina; and the Inhabitants thereof, forgetting their Allegiance to their Sovereign, and denying the Authority of the Laws and Statutes of the Realm, have, in a Succession of Crimes, proceeded to the total Subversion of all legal Authority;...
Date: 6 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
On the 12th there blew a violent Storm, in which an Hospital Ship and the Friendship, which were at Anchor on the other Side of the Bar, were obliged to put out to Sea, but returned in a few Days after. A Schooner, having on board some Provisions and Coals, drifted a little Way from the Fleet, was taken by one of our Pilotboats, and brought to Town. Her Crew took to their Boat, on observing the...
Date: 27 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Next Morning, June the twenty eighth, the following was the Disposition of the Ships of War: The Friendship, at the Distance of about a Mile and a Half from Sullivan's Island, covering the Thunder Bomb; the Solebay, Sphinx, Bristol, Active, Experiment, Actaeon and Syren. About Half an Hour past ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, the Thunder began throwing Shells on Fort Sullivan and the Active, Bristol...
Date: 28 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Nex Morning all the Men of War, except the Actaeon, were retired about two Miles from the Island, which they had quietly effected under Cover of Night. The Battery fired several Shot at the Actaeon which she answered; But soon after, her Crew set her on Fire and abandoned her, leaving her Colours flying, Guns loaded, with all her Ammunition, Provisions and stores on board. They had not been long...
Date: 4 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
We hear from Savannah, that the Men of War have left that River; so there is not now one of the Enemy's Vessels in South-Carolina or Georgia. It is said, there are some in Cape-Fear River in North-Carolina.
Yesterday two French Sloops arrived here from Hispaniola; the Cargo of one of them, consisting of Linens, Thread, Brandy, Rum, Liqueors, Claret, Sweet Oil, Paper, Soap, Nails, &c. is to be...
Date: 9 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6
We are well informed, that the Men of War have left North Carolina, and gone to New York. Previous to their Departure, they burnt the Cruizer, being unfit for Service, and several Prize Vessels. It is more than probable, that there is not at present one British Ship of War on any Part of the American Coast between Pennsylvania and East Florida.
Date: 17 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6
We hear from Georgia, that a small armed vessel, commanded by one Kebly, and fitted out at Augustine, lately came into an Inlet near Sunbury, under Pretence of being a trading Vessel from Cape Francois, and decoyed Capt. Woodruff, Commander of a Row Galley stationed there, and two of his Crew on board. They afterwards landed some Men on Sapello, and robbed Mrs. Mackay's Plantation of several...
Date: 2 January 1777
Volume: Volume 7
Two more of Capt. Pickerin's Prizes have arrived since our last.1
Capt. [Edward] Allen in the Brigt. of War Comet, has taken a large Ship from the Bay of Honduras, and sent her here; but the contrary Winds that have prevailed for some Days past, have prevented her getting in.
Date: 13 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
Last Night, Capt. [Robert] Cochran, in the armed Brigantine Notre Dame, arrived here from France, with a valuable Cargo, after a Passage of 7 Weeks.
Accounts were received in France before Capt. Cochran's Departure, of the Arsenal and Dock Yard in Portsmouth having been 'burnt in the beginning of December; the Loss is computed at two Millions sterling, but at the present critical Situation of...
Date: 20 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
Since our last two more Prizes, a Ship and a Snow both from Honduras with Mahogany and Logwood, have been sent in by Capt. [Edward] Allen 1
The Commissioners of the Navy will give Twelve Pounds per hundred Pound Weight of neat merchantable Hemp, for any Quantity that may be delivered to them in Charlestown within three Months from this Date.
Date: 27 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
This Day a Brigantine from Ireland for the West-Indies, with Salt Provisions, &c. taken by a Northward Letter of Marque, arrived here.
Date: 13 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
We hear that Capt. Milligan, in the Rutledge Privateer of this Port, has taken and carried into Martinico, a Guinea Ship, with a valuable Cargo of Slaves.
Date: 3 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8
A Master of a Vessel, that had the Misfortune of being taken by the Galatea, Capt. [Thomas] Jordan, arrived here a few Days since. In common with many others in similar Circumstances, he experienced very harsh Treatment from Jordan, who descended so far from the Character of a Gentleman, as to make Use of illiberal Epithets to Persons who could not resent it. How he can reconcile this Conduct to...
Date: 24 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Yesterday arrived here in his Majesty's armed Ship Cherokee, from England, William Gerhard de Brahm, Esq; Surveyour General of the Southern-District of North-America, with his Family.
Date: 8 September 1775
Volume: Volume 2
On Friday last, in the Afternoon, his Excellency, the Governour [Lord William Campbell] went on board the Tamer man of war, lying in Rebellion Road, and has not since been in town.
Date: 22 September 1775
Volume: Volume 2