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I have received your Letter May 15 informing me that the Gaspee sailed the latter End of April and that the Diligents Tender (the Tatamagouch) will sail the first opportunity to Lieutt [John] Knight; also acquainting me with the Precautions you have taken for the Security of the King's Yard, which I very much approve, and desire all possible attention may be paid to its Safety. It becomes every...
Date: 27 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I have before me your Letter of the 19th instant. It is really out of my Power to enlarge the Tartars Complement, and equally so at present to send you another Ship, tho' I am well aware of the necessity of carefully providing for the Security of Halifax Yard. From the active State of Rebellion in which [this] and the neighboring Provinces are, I have so many urgent Occasions for Ships and Sloops...
Date: 29 June 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Having received information last Night by letter from Windsor from the Lieut. Governor and from Mr. Deschamps, One of the Assistant Judges of the Supreme Court, that from intelligence they just then received the People of Machias were Meditating a design of equipping two Armed Vessells, the King Schooner Diligence lately taken being one of them, in order to proceed to the Bay of Fundy and thence...
Date: 15 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
The Governor and Council having taken into Consideration the information given this day by the Captain of His Majesty's Ship Senegal of the Armament of the Rebels in the Eastern parts of New England, and his Instructions. Also your Representation of the Inequality of the Senegal to answer the purposes of the requisition made to you on Yesterday and your Instructions for the suppressing of Piracy...
Date: 16 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
October
Saturday 7
Moored at Annapolis Royal [Nova Scotia]
AM fir'd a 9 pr & made the Signal for Weighg at ½ past Weigd & Came to Sail in Campy wth 6 sail of transports & Sloop Tartar At Noon Employd Working out of the Gutt.2
Date: 6 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
You are hereby required & directed to repair with His Majs Ship under your command into Portsmouth Harbour where we have ordered her to be cleaned, graved & refitted Stored for Foreign Service & her provisions completed to Six months of aH Species except Beer of which she is to have as much as she can conveniently stow, & to be supplied with a proportion of Wine or Spirits for two...
Date: 10 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3