Volume 8
Memorandum of a Charter party of Affreightment Made and Concluded upon the first day of March A:D: 1777 by and between Nahum Ward of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire Merchant of the One part and John Langdon of said Portsmo Esqr agent for the Continent of the Other part
Witnesseth that the Said Ward (in behalf of himself & partners owners of the Schooner Friends Adventure) doth hereby... Continue Reading
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
You haveing the Command of the Schooner Friends Adventure in the Service of the United States are to Sail the first fair Wind for Baltimore in the State of Maryland where when it shall please God you arrive call on Mess. Samuel & Robert Purviance Merchants there and to them deliver my Letter and follow their Directions in takeing on board a Cargo of Flour and Iron for this Place there is no... Continue Reading
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I have in Obedience to Your Honors directions perus'd the long Memorial from the Committee of Deer Island respecting the Conduct of Nathan Jones & find the greater part of it to be a mixed medly of general Charges of said Jones Conduct in 1775 & of his unfri'endly Speeches and Actions before & after the Lexington Battle a principal part of the Complaint arises from his retaking his... Continue Reading
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I Robert Porter late Passenger on Board the Brige Perkins comanded by Capt Jenkins bound for Bristol was taken by Capt [John] Skimmer & brought into the Port of Boston. being permitted to depart this State by the Hon'ble Council of the State of Massachusetts Bay for New York to procure the Liberation of some Person of equal Rank detained as Prisoner there ー giving my Parole of Honor &... Continue Reading
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Order'd That the Commy deliver Mr Bruce for Ship Genl Lincoln four long Boat Oars & Four Yawl Oars ー
Order'd That Mr [Ellis] Gray deliver Mr Bruce one Bolt Canvas No 6 or 7. ー & three pounds Twine ー
Order'd That Mr Hichborn deliver Mr Bruce one Moses Boat for Ship Genl Lincoln
Capt Hopkins deliver'd Honl Mr [Thomas] Cushing the Cable P Ordr 14 Inst wt 43 . . 0 . 14ー
Order'd That the Commy... Continue Reading
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
The Brigantine Count Destaing of which you are Master being now loaded and ready to sail your Orders are to proceede direct for Martinico where you are to dispose of your Cargo to the best advantage and of your Briga Also provided you can obtain not less then Ten hundred pounds Currency. Invest the whole proceeds in the several Articles in the annex'd schedule giving the preference to those first... Continue Reading
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
A schooner Arrived here Yesterday from Alexandria & brings such Accounts of the situation of the Entrance between the Capes, & of the Bay, that I think it next to Impossible for a vessel to get into Virginia or Maryland. to be sure the Chance is not I to 10. there are 7 sail of Men of War & 9Tenders who ride in different parts of the Bay. & shift their stations. they had taken... Continue Reading
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I receiv'd yours P Express, and do absolutely think that it is Impracticable to get those Vessels fitted and Mann'd for your proposed Expedition and Shall Acquaint the Hon Marine Board with my Reasons ー I am Sir [&c.]
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
The above is Copy of a paragraph of an Order I received from the hon Marine Board dated 21st Jany 2 and in Consequence thereof I am to Request that if you have not You immediately pay the Remainder of the people's Wages Lately under your Command ー and likewise to Return to the Several Agents where you may have Sent Prizes a Certificate Attested of all the Men belonging to the Ship... Continue Reading
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Know all Men by these Presents That I John Brown of Providence in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Merchant, am held and firmly bound unto Joseph Clarke Esqr. General Treasurer of said State, in the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds Lawful Money to be paid unto the said Joseph Clarke or to his Successors in said Office for the Use of said State To which... Continue Reading
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Friday se'nnight [February 21] a party of our troops landed on RhodeIsland, and brought off a quantity of hay and oats. Captain Tyler, in the Spitfire galley, attended the landing, and gallantly sustained the enemy's fire from a battery of six guns for several hours, which was briskly returned, but with what effect we have not yet learnt. When the troops had com pleated the service assigned them... Continue Reading
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Resolved, That Mr William Webb be appointed Paymaster to the Navy and Navy Board for this State
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
In consequence of the Resolve of yesterday concerning the purchase of Fire Ships, The prize Ship King George, was only put up for Sale and she was bought by Paul Cox for Eleven Hundred and Five pounds.
Richard Wells Junr presente,d a petition to the Council of Safety to be continued in his Boat for the purpose of Victualing the Fleet.
Resolved, That the said Wells be continued to ply to Fort... Continue Reading
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
To be sold, on Wednesday the fifth instant, at six o'clock in the evening, at the Coffee-house, the schooner Hope, now lying at Mr. Andrew Hodge's wharf, will carry about five hundred barrels of flour, and sails well. Inventory to be seen at the Coffee-house.
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Pursuant to the Directions of an Act of the Council and General Assembly of New-Jersey, lately made and passed intituled, An Act to impower the Marshal of the Court of Admiralty to secure and sell the Prize Vessel or Brigantine called the Defiance, and her Cargoe, lately taken by the Militia of this State,
Notice Is Hereby Given, That the said Brigantine called the Defiance, with all her Tackle,... Continue Reading
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
As far as I am able to judge, the plan suggested in the inclosed memoir, is admirably fitted to give a decided superiority to our Frigates above those of the Enemy. If you should think so, I know you will push it into execution with the same zeal that animates you in every thing that affects the public. Will not the Churches furnish their bells to make 24 pounders for the Randolph & the... Continue Reading
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I this Day Recd Yours of the 17 Inst [sic] 2 in which You write me You want Flower & Pig Iron but with the Advise of Mr Hancock I have given up the thoughts of Loding her With Flower & Iron for home as there was no prospect of her giting out and then the Flower wold be worse[n Jing on hand and Tobacco wold be Better I Tryd all in my power to perswade the Master and Men to... Continue Reading
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Ordered that a Warrant Issue to Capt John Calvert for One hundred and twenty pounds upon Account, for the purpose of Recruiting Seamen for the Naval service ー Who gave Bond for his faithfully applying the said Money and rendering a Just and true Account thereof. ー
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Inclos'd is a memorandum of Cordage which is wanting for the Brigg Northampton. You are desired to have it prepard as soon as possible and sent by some good opportunity to the College landing or James Town as that Vessel now waits for it ー
Mem. Cordage
1 Cable 8½
Inches 100
Fathoms
2 Coils 3
Inch
Rope
1 do 2½
do
4 do 2
do
6 do R
Ratline
1 do
bolt Rope
1¼ Inch
1 do... Continue Reading
Date: 1 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
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