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Honourd Sr After My Respects to your Honour, & Famely I think it my Duty as A Friend to My Country to acquaint your Honour of our Battle with the Scotch Ship & Brig My Neglecting this Untill Now was by Expecting something of Truth of the Matter, Would have Been Mentiond in the Publick Prints, by some gentlemen of this Place to Acquaint this Continent of the Calm & Brave Conduct of our...
Date: 28 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Lieutenant Samuel Smedley, Connecticut Brig Defence, to Governor Jonathan Trumbull, February 3, 1776
As there ware Orders Came to Capt Harding for the Brig Defence to Proceed on A Cruise for three Months & Capt Harding not being Able Gave the Command to Me Acording to Your Honours Orders, I have therefore Got the Brig Ready for Sea so that there is Nothing Wanting but Men, Which there is No Chance of Getting here — We have not More than forty Men now belonging to the Brig & but very few...
Date: 3 February 1776
Volume: Volume 7
you are hereby Ordered to Take Command of the brig Grog and Carry hur into Sum Port in america and if you by Good Forting fall in to or Near Boston Send a Man to Mr Saml Elliot at boston and Desire him Immediately to inform the Governor and he will Take Proper Care of the Prize take Good Care that their is No Plundering on board be Very Carefull as the Brig is Leeky ー
If you Git in a Near boston...
Date: 22 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I have the Pleasure to inform your Honour of the Brig Defence arival in this Port yesterday Afternoon Not With Standing the bad Situation the brig was in when We Saild With Reguard to the men have made out to Take & Man four Prizes Vizt a bark Ship from Liverpool & Waterford bound to Jamaica Laden with Provisions Iron Work and Nails Sum ball [bale] Good &c ー A brig from bristol bound...
Date: 19 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Yours ⅌ Capt. Bartram1 Came to Hand I Shall Obey your Orders & Repair on Board the Ship2 this week. Should have been there Before now was it not for hopes of Recruiting Men here more Plenty & Collecting Wheate for Bread for the Ship Whether the Latter will be Poseble or not I Cannot Tell it is but Little we have yet Collected having met with Disappointment...
Date: 6 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11
Permit Me to Trouble your Excellency with a few Lines more Concerning the Ship Defence She Now Lying at hancocks Wharf with all her Provisions on board Excepting bread and flowr and Small Stores her sails bent with One hundred men on board Includeing Officers Your Excellency Doubtless knows the Expences She is attended with therefore my Reasons for Troubleing your Excellency at this time Is to...
Date: 12 February 1778
Volume: Volume 11
Received Boston February 26th. 1778 of Mr. Daniel Umphry1 Sixteen Pieces of Six Pound Cannon Belonging to State of Connecticut One of which Being Rendered Unfit for Service by having one of the Truneons Broke of[f] for Ship Defence
Date: 26 February 1778
Volume: Volume 11