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I had the Honor to receive Your Excellencys Letter Dated the 19th Current, acquainting me of Your safe arrival at Your Government of Martinique; on which give me leave to Congratulate You; and to wish Yeur Excellency Health and Happiness therein; and also to hope, that a Mutual Confidence may exist between us; and that we may both use our best Endeavours to maintain perfect good Harmony and...
Date: 25 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
A Note, Sir, delivered to M. le Comte de Vergennes by the English ambassador, declares that a Vessel, belonging to Mr. Prejent of Martinique and commanded by a man named Ord, the Only American who was on board, took on March 18th last the English Ship the Venus commanded by Captain Sharpe.2 It is further discovered that on the 21st of the same month the Ship was carried into a Bay a...
Date: 14 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I have received the honour of Your Excellency's Letter of the 24. June. It is with the utmost Concern I observe, that Your Excellency lays it down as a Principle, that You ought to make no distinction between the faithful loyal Subjects of His Brittannick Majesty, and those in open Rebellion, or indeed who have traiterously withdrawn themselves from their Allegiance . . . As Your Excellency...
Date: 13 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I received the Honour of your Excellency's Letter addressed to Lord Howe, through the Hands of the Chevalier Fagan.
His Lordship not being here present himself, I have the Honour to inform You, that a Court of Admiralty is daily expected to be opened here, when all such French Vessels as have been brought in upon Suspicion of trading with the Rebels, contrary to the Act of Parliament on that...
Date: 9 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
As I doubt not but that Your Excellency's Aid du Camp the Baron de Fagan must have arriv'd some days at Martinique, So I presume he has already made my excuses to Your Excy. and told you, Sir, the reasons why it was impossible for me to answer Your Excellency's Letter of the eighteenth instant relative to the Seizure of the Brigantine1 belonging to the Sieur Serjenton,2...
Date: 3 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11
I once more have the honor of troubling yr. Excellence with a requisition for the delivery up to the Gentleman, who will have the honor of presenting you this, of sundry English subjects, principally seamen who I learn are permitted to be kept
in Irons, not only onboard sundry vessels in St Pierre harbor, but also in some of the Prisons in the Islands under your Excellences...
Date: 3 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11
The Letter of the 10th. Instant, which your Excellency has honoured me with, only came to hand this day, complaining of His Britannic Majesty's, Frigate the Seaford, having insulted the Flag of his Most Christian Majesty, "by attacking and taking on the Coast of Martinico: a Vessel bearing a White Flag, that had taken refuge there, and had ran on shore;" I must beg leave to inform your...
Date: 27 March 1778
Volume: Volume 11