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I this Day Recd your favr, With a Letter for Captn [Philip] Lacey, which I shall take care to Send Him as soon as possible. Captn [Benjamin] Wickes Remains above the fort for want of a Pilot to Bring him Down; one of the men I sent on Shore at Great Island Hospittal is Ded for want of the Assistance of a Docktor, as I am Informd there is None Attending here since they was Landed. We have four in...
Date: 20 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I received your orders and Instructions by Mr. [William] Bingham the 13th Inst but the Shallop with the Provisions did not Arrive till this day, We have now got all the Provision on board both from the Wasp & Shallop ー
You may depend on my best endeavours in your Service to prosecute this Voyage with the Most expedition and Advantage in my power my People, all to two are in good health,...
Date: 16 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Dear Brother ー This will inform you of my Proceadings since I left Philadelphia which Place we left the 1st May but was detained at the Fort Island 20 Days by the Comeing up of the Roebuck & Liverpool Ships Warr as soon as they came down we followed them & went out on a short Cruize of 10 Days then returned hear again dureing this Time Nothing very materal happened more than convoying...
Date: 2 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
This will inform you of my proceedings since I left Cape May the 3d Instant. we left that place in Company with 13 Merchant Men, who I think all got Safe off, as we did not lose Sight of them till they got a good distance from the Land. We Saw no Ships of War at all on the Coast.
We this Day fell in with Captain [Charles] Mackay, in the ship Friendship, Coffee from Granada bound to London, loaded...
Date: 11 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
This will inform of a Small Addition to our good fortune in the Prize Way. We this day took Capt [John] Muckelno in the Schooner Peter of Liverpool from St Vincent bound to Liverpool in Brittain, Loaded with: Rum ー Sugar Coffee Cocoa & Cotton, We also took Capt [Charles] Mackey in the Ship Friendship from Granada, bound to London, wch I have wrote you of before, and, Now; Send a Coppy of that...
Date: 13 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
On Saturday 27 July 1776, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, I was in sight of the road of St. Pierre where I found an English warship laying at anchor. A short time later, I saw that she set sail in order to come towards us: at 9 o'clock, she was coming straight at us as much as we could judge. We must have been about two leagues from St. Pierre then. At half past nine, they spoke to us in French...
Date: 28 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I take this opportunity to Inform you of my Safe Arrival in 29 Days, as from Cape Henlopen at Quiberoon Bay, where I landed Doctor Franklin & his Suit in good health he has been very kindly received in France, as I am informed, but had no letter from him as yet, but expect one every Hour —
We have taken two Prizes on ourpassage both small Brigs, one from Bordoux loaded wth 15000 pipe and Bb...
Date: 13 December 1776
Volume: Volume 7
Immediately After the Rect of your favor of 26th Deer I Set out for L'Orient & have Executed the Business you Desird there in the best manner The time & Surcumstances Would Admitt I have no Great Appinon of the 60 Gunn Ship As Shee is an Ould Ship& A very Slow Sailer Another Very Great Objecktion is her Draft Water being to much for our American ports very few of our ports Would have...
Date: 11 January 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I have bin waiting Ever Since I wrote you last for the Inventory of St John & have not Rec'd. It yet therefore Conclude Mr Gourlade has Sent it forward for Parris Captn. [Samuel] Nicholson Arrivd here Yesterday & produc'd your Instruck,tions to him concerning the vissiting & Inspecting the Ships at L'Orient But I think I have Done Everything that Captn. Nicholson Could Do Was he to Go...
Date: 14 January 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Inclos'd you have a letter & Inventory of the Frigate the Count of Maurepat 2 it is the same Vessell that I saw at L'Oriont & Called the St John, I think her Inventory is very short & will want a Large addition if fitted for a Ship of Warr, the Defishencys I Hope will be pointed out by Capt [Samuel] Nicholson when translated into Inglish I hope Capt Nicholson will be Able...
Date: 18 January 1777
Volume: Volume 8
My last of the 29th December, informed you of former proceedings & this will serve to inform you of my proceedings to this day, In my last I mentioned being Employed in getting provisions on board ready to proceed on a Cruize, just as I had got ready for Sea, was Blocked up by the Ice and while detained by that, recd. a Letter from the Honorable Commissioners at Parris, desireing me to go to...
Date: 24 January 1777
Volume: Volume 8
This will inform you of my Safe arrival after a tolerable Successfull Cruize, having Captured 3 Sail of Brigs one Snow & One Ship, the Snow is a Falmouth Packet bound from thence to Lisbon she is Mounted with 16 Guns and had Near 50 Men on board She Engaged Near an hour before she struck I had one Man killed My first Leiut had his left Arm shot of[f] above the Elbow2 & the...
Date: 14 February 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I Wrot you Last post Informing you of the Sucksess of my Last Cruize & take this Opertunity To Inform you of the Safe Arrival of All my Prizes am in Great hopes youl be Able to Obtain Leav for me to heav Down and Repair my Ship at this port As that will be Absolutely Nessessary prior To my Departure from this as I Recd a Shott in Bottom when the Swallo[w] engaged me. When I Arriv~ At this...
Date: 19 February 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I hav this Day Rec'd very Extraordinary Orders from The Intendant of This port Dem.anding me,to ,Leav this port in 24 Hours he Says This Order is Given in Consequence of A possitiv Order Recd. this Day from the Minister at Parris I Asked Liberty To heav Down my Ship and Repair her on my Arrival but it has never Bin Granted on being,told That I mus[t] possitivly Depart in 24 Hours I Told the...
Date: 26 February 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I wrote at my Departure from Nantz which I hope Came safe to hand & now imbrace this oppertunity of informing you of the Success of my last Cruize, We Captured five Sail, none of which will be very Valueable brought them all Safe in here. One of them Swallow Packet from Falmouth bound to Lisbon in Ballast engaged 45 Minutes before she Struck We had one Man Kill'd & My first Leiut had his...
Date: 28 February 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I received two of yours of the 25th by Mr Defrancy who I am sorry Came so late, as our Sales were compleat before his Arrival, I have strictly attended to your proposals & shall give you as full an Answer as in my power
as to Cruizing in the Sound for the Baltick Ships I am afraid that will not do, as neither me nor my officers are acquainted wth those Sea's, nor have we any proper Charts for...
Date: 5 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I Take this Opertunity to Inform you Of the proceadings of the Commissary of this port Which Seam very odd to me as I have Recd. no lnstrucktions from you he Sent for me to Day and told me I must Get my Ship Cleaned & put Every thing on bord As fast as possible & then Departe the port Immediately He further lnformd me he Should Send persons to See That We Did not Delay anytime these are...
Date: 13 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
We Arrivd hear Late Last Wednesday Night, & the Cutter 2 Got up to pileren [Le Pellerin] thursday & Afriday We Went on bard her in order to Giv the Nessesary orders for fiting her after Doing this We Went Down to Pain Bea£ (Paimboeuf] in order to procure All the American Seamen in our power We Was tolerable Suckcesfull We have Now Nine Americans Engaged lncludeing Captn Clarke...
Date: 15 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I left Nantz a Wednesday Evning to Come here & by a letter from you and one from Capt Johnston [Henry Johnson] I find he Arrived at Nantz soon after my departure I Returned an Answer to Captain Johnston and desired him to Come imeadiately and Join me, but have Since received a possitive order from the Commissary of this port to depart the port in 24 hours, in Consequence of those orders Write...
Date: 25 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I wrote you last post acknowledging the receipt of your letters by Capt Johnston & informing you of my Intentions to proceed to Nantz and there wait the Arival of Capt Johnston ー I am very Sorry to inform you of the Mutiny that has happend amongst my People since my Arrival, they have all refused to go to Sea untill they Received their prize Money; With much threats & a promise that the...
Date: 27 April 1777
Volume: Volume 8