American Theatre from May 9, 1776, to July 31, 1776
That George Blair a Captain appointed by Lord Dunmore to command a Company in a Regiment of new Levies called the Queens Royal Regiment did by Order of his Lordship go on Board a Tender for the avowed Purpose of seizing as prizes of War all vessels comeing to or going from America that they came within Occocock Bar in search of Provisions and were there taken by pilots belonging to that place... Continue Reading
Date: 10 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I am honored with your Letter upon the subject of your application for a supply of provisions for the use of His Majestys Squadron under your Command, and as there appears to have been a misapprehension of some parts of the Conversation that passed between us upon this business I must beg leave to repeat to you what I then said, and nearly I believe in the same words, That I understood from Genl... Continue Reading
Date: 10 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
May 1776
Wednesday 8
in Willmington River Cape Fear No Caroline
at 8 A M came on Bd a pilot weigh'd and Run up the River at 11 came to anchor below the upper Flatt the old town House SBE and the drem Tree NBE 2 miles & ½ Do the pilot went away
Modt and fair kept all hand[s] at Quarters all night got Intelligence of a privateer and boats Intending to Attack us
Thursday 9
At Noon... Continue Reading
Date: 10 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Sir I have just now received information that there's lying in your Road a Sloop lately arrived from Philadelphia ー as I wou'd not wish to do any thing, which might be deemed an Infringement of the treaties, & good Harmony, Subsisting between their high mightinesses, and the King of Great Britain my Master, I therefore request your Excellencys Sanction, for Seizing the aforementioned Vessel... Continue Reading
Date: 10 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Sir I have just received a Letter dated on board his Britannic Majesty's Ship the Seaford with the Honour of your Signature.
The demand, or if it may be so qualified, request therein made is of so Extraordinary, so unprecedented a kind, that its author must Certainly rather have supposed me totally unacquainted with the just rights and franchises of my Masters; or wicked enough to betray the... Continue Reading
Date: 10 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Sir Till I had the honour of receiving your Excellencys Letter, I did not know that their High Mightinesses Governors had Orders to protect the Vessels, belonging to the King of Great Britain's Rebellious Colonies. I have the honor to be Sir [&c.]
Date: 10 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
May 1776
Saturday 11th
Running up the River above Quebec
at 11 AM Sent away the Barge mann'd and Arm'd with the Generals Aide de Camp to observe the Motions of the Enemy. Dry'd Sails. ー
First and latter parts fresh Breezes and Cloudy. Middle Mode & Clear. At 2 PM the Barge Return'd with an Account of their having rowed close in with Port Neuf, where about 200 of the Rebels came down to... Continue Reading
Date: 11 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
The enclosed intelligence came to hand at two o'clock this morning. It is impossible to procure any pork in this Colony; there is none but what came over the Lakes. A schooner sails this afternoon for Deschambault with three hundred and fifty barrels of flour and about ten barrels of pork, which is the whole to be procured here. After the arrival of the brigade under General [William] Thompson,... Continue Reading
Date: 11 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
May it please your Honours ー
With the profoundest respect and submission I beg leave to acquaint your Honors that the fifth of july last I took passage from this place for Philadelphia in hope of obtaining a supply of provisions for the Inhabitants here, as I had not cash to purchase the Reverend Mr James Lyon furnishd me with a letter of recommendation to his friend Jonathan Smith Esq of... Continue Reading
Date: 11 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
No. 4 Know all Men by these Presents that we the Captn and Officers of his Majestys Ship Milford have constituted and appointed and in their stead and place put Alexander Brymer of Halifax in Nova Scotia Gentleman our lawfull Attorney for us and in our Names to ask Claim Demand and recover all Prize Money, Share or Shares of Prize money which by any ways or means is or may become due to us and... Continue Reading
Date: 11 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I have Sent you By the Barer two Libels which the masters are very Desirous May Come to tryal as soon as posable. Shall Esteem it a favour if youl please to advertize them in the Next weeks paper2 and youl much Oblige [&c.]
Date: 11 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
You being Master & part Owner of the Sloop Polley bound To Surinam Our Orders Are that you proceed & make your passage as Soon as possable and Dispose of the Cargo to the best Advantage and layout the neet proceeds in Good Melass[es] Sugar, Cotton Powder Small arms, Nutmegs, Silk & Linnen Henkerchiefs Rousia Drab Ravens duck Ticklinbourg Ozenbrigs (but no Heavey Duck) Course Linnens... Continue Reading
Date: 11 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
May 1776
Saturday 11
Block Island N 15. 19W 12 Leagues
at 5 A M saw a Sail, out all reefs & sett Top Gallt sl at 7 Brot too & spoke the Schooner Fleuril Le Mer from Cape Francois bound to St peter wt Molasses & Sugar sent a Mid & 4 Men on bd her to Carry her to Halifax.2
Date: 11 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Jabez Huntington Esqr is appointed to confer with such Gentlemen as the lower House shall appoint on the expediency of giving Instructions to Capts Harden [Seth Harding] & [Robert] Niles, of the Colonys arm'd Vessells, relative to any Course to be undertaken by Them or either of Them, at this Time, & what Instructions may be proper to give. & make Report as soon as may be
Date: 11 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Dear General I found It impossible to leave Town to Day as I had intended, It is lucky That I did not, for I just now received an Express from Fort George advising me that amongst the Nails I had ordered from Canada there were very few of those wanted for the Bottoms of the Boats, This Account has plunged me into almost Inextricable Difficultys as I can procure only four hundred Weight in this... Continue Reading
Date: 11 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
It is the Custom in England & France to send every Person Soldier or Sailor under the Degree of a Commissioned Officer to some inland Place, where there is an old Castle, commonly surrounded with a high Stone Wall and oftentimes with a Moat comprehending a pretty large Space of Ground where they are confined as in a Debtor's Goal with a strong Guard of Militia without Side surrounded with... Continue Reading
Date: 11 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Dear Sir An Insurance Office is lately opened at Philadelphia, I have sent to know the Price of Premiums to the West Indies ー Col: [Joseph] Trumbull, Col: [Thomas] Mifflin & Lady are going down this Day ー It is said Congress have taken off all Restraints on the Prices of Goods that by their consequent Rise, Adventurers here & abroad may be induced to bring us Supplies upon which I am... Continue Reading
Date: 11 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Since I wrote you last nothing of consequence hath happened, unless it be, that the Roebuck & Liverpoole coming up the river Delaware, were met about Christeen, some miles above Newcastle, by the 13 Gondolas of this City, and after a cannonade of 3 hours each day for 2 successive days, the Ships returned down the river, and the Gallies to their old station, without much hurt, I believe, on... Continue Reading
Date: 11 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Little further accots from below, but agreed that no persons was killd or wounded by the enemy, that our officers of Six of the Gondolas have done their duty with Credit, both officers and men having distinguished themselves nobly & gained great reputation. they others not Shewing the same bravery & resolution I hope will be enquired strictly into...great numbers of familys have movd out... Continue Reading
Date: 11 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
In Committee of Safety.
Philad'a 11th May, 1776.
Thomas Slater, Master, &John Peckham, Mate of the Brig't Betsy, who came from Virginia with said Vessel to the Roebuck Man-of-war, and taken by Capt. Charles Alexander, Commander of the Continental Schooner Wasp, near New Castle, was by order of the Board Committed to Gaol there, to be kept in safe custody 'till the further orders of this... Continue Reading
Date: 11 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
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