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That Your Petitioners having considered the Instructions your Honours have given to Mr Stephen Steward for the building of certain Gondola's for the service of this Province and conceiving himself qualified for the Superintendance of the Rigging, Sail-Making and compleatly fitting out the said Gondola's, begs leave to offer himself to Superintend the same ー
That should your Petitioner be thought...
Date: 2 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Inclosed I send you a Copy of my last respects informing you of my resolution to remain in this Island.
I have now to acknowledge the rect of your favr of the 8th of February which was delivered me a few days ago by Capt [John] Young of Philada and agreeable thereto I send you a Copy of the declaration of Messrs Nibbs, respecting the Capture of their Schooner by Capt Pattison [William Patterson]...
Date: 17 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8
As the Carpenters Work is now Near Dun of two vessells I have on the Stocks a Schoner of ten guns a zeback of 20 Guns I Shuld be glad to no In What Maner you Intend to have the zeback Riged that I may Provoid Mastes for hir I Was tou'ld you Intended hir for a Ship. I shuld think She would answer best a brigg how Ever I will Rigg hir any way you Desier I Can venter to let you [know] there is no...
Date: 14 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Yesterday the Alarm Gun was fired and to Day an Express informs us of ten Sail coming up the River: a fifty Gun Ship ー the Roebuck of forty four Guns ー a Frigate ー four Tenders ー a Brig and two Pilot Boats ー The Gondolas are gone down ー The Congress has adjourned to go down in Barges to see the Sport. ー
Congress took up Capt Nicholsons Affair and were unanimously of Opinion he had not made the...
Date: 24 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Consistant with my Instructions to prevent sundr Articales from going out of this State have Sent in a boat wh foure Tuns of Iron and Some Steell Bound to Suffolk in Virginia, with a Officer, to Obay Your farther Instructions, I am Gentlen [&c.]
Date: 2 July 1777
Volume: Volume 9
In pursuance of advice received last night that 228 British Ships were arrived at the Capes of Delaware Capt Nicholson of the Frigate [Virginia] applyed to me this, morning for my opinion whether it would not be adviseable for him with 150 of his seamen armed, to proceed immediately to the Head of Elk by Water and from thence to Phila, if not countermanded at Elk; Thinking it would be greatly...
Date: 2 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
. . . I have been waiting with Impatience for the papers concerning the Cargoe of the schooner friendship which Mr Vanbebber had sold in Curacoa, as well as a state of some other Matters at Statia that it is absolutely necessary to transfer into your Accot here before it can be rendered in regular form — These I have not been able to procure an Accot of the disagreeable & perplex'd situation...
Date: 25 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I apply to Counsel for arms for the Use of the States on bord of the Galley Chester forty Muskets with Bayonets And Catredg Boxses and Likewise forty prickers and Brushes and thirty Cutt Lashes and seven paire of pistells and two houndred flints and twenty worms and One Box of Muskett Catredges.—From yours
Date: 1 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11
I inclose you the Draft of my Ltr. To Congress1 which contains all the Information I could give you abt. the Salt Sloop2 this Morning set out for Fredk. and shall return again as soon as I well can—No Money is sent to Kent or Cecil nor any Money or Salt to Mr. Dashell3 of Queen Anne p Gs.—I am afraid we shall be behind in our...
Date: 20 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11
I find the Dolphin1 Eat with the worm like a Huney Come What we have dun to hir I am afraid will make hir leek worse She Cant be maid till without Nue Planking hir allmost all over or at lest Nine streks of a side must Cum out When she went out of my Hands She was in as good order as any boat & Vessel1 culd be She had twelve Sailsviz main Sail fore SailJebb flyingJebb Watter Saile...
Date: 23 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11