American Theatre from May 9, 1776, to July 31, 1776
Ordered, that a rowingboat, cockswain and six men be forthwith procured for the service of the public.
Date: 15 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Then Mr. [John] Randle, Deputy Secretary, attended, read and delivered a written Paper from His Excellency the Governor to the General Assembly as follows.: ー
The Law for ascertaining the price of all kind of Grain being very nigh expiring, I have called you together to consult you on that matter, and to observe to you at the same time that moderation and forbearance were the humane principles... Continue Reading
Date: 15 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Our Vice Admiralty Courts have lately had some business from the prizes brought in here by Admiral Gayton's squadron. A sharp lookout is kept at the windward passage, and scarce any thing escapes them. Two vessels were brought in yesterday, prizes to a sloop of war. The people on the island are in some measure glad of these helps, the prizes having always a loading very acceptable; yet they wish... Continue Reading
Date: 15 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
May 1776
Thursday 16th
Moor'd In the Bason of Quebec
Do. W ー lat, fresh Breezes ー AM, came in & anchor'd here the Bute & British Queen belonging to my Convoy ー at 9 AM, the Hunter made Sail down the River, going express to England ー Recd on bd, brass 6 poundr from the Garrison in Lieu of two 3 pounders Went on Board the Maria Schooner by order of the Commodore.
Light Breezes &... Continue Reading
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
May 1776
Friday 16th
[Thursday]
Laid up in the Cou'de Sec & the People in Barracks
employed Stripping the fore & Mizon Masts severl of the Shrouds being Shot away by the Enemy.
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
May 1776.
Thursday 16th
the West end of Orleans N N W
A M: Fired a gun and made the Signal for our Boat ½ past repeated the Signal ¾ past repeated the Signal ½ past 9 Weigh'd & Came to Sail Under Single Reef Topsails having Recd on board Capt Hammelton & Majr Caldwell with their Dispatches2 in Weighing Lost the Kedge Anchor ー
First & Middle parts fresh gales &... Continue Reading
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Nova Scotia
Court of Vice
Admiralty
Cause
Captn [John] Burr Commander of his Majestys Ship the Milford ー VS John Gray Master of the Sloop Britania and Cargo ー
May 13th [sic 16] Court Open'd by makeing Proclamation as usual ー Decree Pronounc'd as follows ー
In the Name of God Amen
We Richard Bulkeley Esqr Judge and Commissary of his Majestys Court of Vice Admiralty for the Province... Continue Reading
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
May 1776
Thursdy 16
Moor'd in Halifax Harbr
A M Clear'd Hause Unmoor'd and hove Short, at 9 Weighed and came to Sail Came in H M Ship Greyhound Haul'd down the Broad Pendant, Steerg out of the Harbour, Stowd the Anchors &c left in the Harbour Vice Adml Shuldham in the Chath[a]m with the Scarbor[o] & Greyhound
Light Breezes and Cloudy, at 8 PM the Light House N N W 10 Legs Spoke a Ship... Continue Reading
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Colony of the Massachusetts Bay
in New England Essex ss
At a Court erected to try & condemn all Vessels that shall be found infesting the Sea Coast of America, & brought in to either of the Counties of Suffolk, Middlesex, or Essex, holden at Salem in the said County of Essex, by the Honourable Timothy Pickering junr Esquire, Judge of said Court, on Thursday the sixteenth Day of... Continue Reading
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
...I shall venture to give your Excellency my sentiments of the necessity & importance of an immediate expedition against Nova Scotia, in as few words as I can.
If our late intelligence from Great Britain can be relied on, I apprehend none of our troops in Canada can be spared, whether Quebeck is, or is not, in our hands. Nova Scotia has heared of our intention to reduce that Province, as... Continue Reading
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Twenty Officers in the British Navy the greater part Midshipmen were confined to this Town on their Parole not to go beyond the Bounds of it the Complaints of the Inhabitants that they were abroad unseasonably in the Night to the Disturbance of the People induc'd us to resolve that they should not be from their Lodgings after 9 oClock in the Evening ー though several of them have since declared... Continue Reading
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Gent Please to draw on the Treasurer for the sum of Five Hundred pounds, in favr of Cap Uriah Hayden of Saybrook, Master Builder of the ship building at Saybrook for the Use of the Colony, to be by Him accounted for in & about building & Material &c for sd Ship
By Order of the Govr & Council of Safety
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
The Brig Defence is so well known in this part of the Sound that I apprehend it would have been in vain to have sent her out on the present affairs2 accordingly with the advice of the Committee took the Sloop Discovery into service, gave the command of her to Captn Smedley. ー subalterns were appointed from among respectable gentlemen of this town, ー Manned her with forty of my own... Continue Reading
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I this moment Returned from Still Water where I have been To give Some Directions about Conveying the provisions forward to our Troops in Canada immediately upon the Receipt of The Letters which I forwarded to your Excellencey I Draughted a Number of Men for the Batteaus from the Regiments here being well Convinced that the Men appointed for that purpose would not in a year Carry forward... Continue Reading
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
His Excel[lenc]y Congratulates you on the Success of Captn [Samuel] Tucker, & is hopeful more of the Vessels employed for the ministerial Army, will be picked up. They will in some small Degree compensate for the Damage done by seizing those belonging to us.
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Such opportunities as the present do not often turn up in the course of human events ー The picture ー happiness or misery of a great proportion of the human race is at Stake ー and if we make a wrong choice ourselves and our posterity must be wretched ー wrong choice! there can be but one Choice consistent with the Character of a people possessing the least degree of reason ー And that is to Seperate... Continue Reading
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Ever since the Evening date of my last report I have been Imployed in Detecting some persons wlio have lately been on board the men of War, in a small sloop which I have taken into Custody & Shall wait your Excellencys orders for a further Disposition of her, I have also taken & Sent by Lt Humphris [Nathaniel Humphreys] who brings this one Mrs Darbage who went on board ー she has... Continue Reading
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
My endeavours to get a few Muskets for your Troops have hitherto been fruitless it is impossible to procure any here at this time, many of the Continental Troops in this City and in New York are without any, we are greatly distressed on that Account, some of our Vessels have returned without any, some have brought a few, a very few, and several that were expected with a Considrable quantity are... Continue Reading
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
In pursuance to yr Resolve, we have made Inquiry for two, such Vessels ー as you describe,2 & are of Opinion That one under the Care of Arthur Donaldson wd be fitt for an Ammunition Vessell & a Schooner belonging to Thos Hollingsworth for a Victualling boat. the former is Valued at Three hundred twenty Five pounds Capable of Carrying four hundred Barrels ー the latter at Two... Continue Reading
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
To the Public
Whereas many misrepresentations have been circulated respecting the quantity of ammunition, and other circumstances relating to the condition of the gallies at the time of the late engagement, the officers on that service, in justice to their reputation, conceive themselves called upon to give a true account thereof.
The number of cartridges on board, at the commencement of the... Continue Reading
Date: 16 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
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