European Theatre from January 1, 1777, to May 31, 1777
Whereas we intend that the Ship you command together with His Majts Ship Proteus which will be ordered to call off Plymouth to join you & whose Commr Capt Robinson will be directed to obey Your Orders, Shall proceed forthwith into the River St Lawrence with such Transports Storeships, Victuallers & Trade bound thither as he may bring with him from Spithead and with any other Ships or... Continue Reading
Date: 1 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
With respect to the application of the Persons who apprehended the three Rebel Prisoners who lately deserted from the Hospital, to be paid a Reward for their Trouble and the Expence they were at in bringing them to Plymouth, I am to acquaint your Lordship that the Navy Board are directed to pay a Reward of five pounds for Each with travelling Charges I am &c.
Date: 1 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I have communicated to my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your Letter of the 8th past acquainting them that you have received a Letter from Captn [William] Hay, at Gibraltar informing you that Captain [George] Murray of the Levant had brought in there a Rebel Brigantine Privateer, called the General Montgomery, commanded by Benjamin Hill mounting 18 Guns, of 9 & 6 Pounders 4 Cohorns... Continue Reading
Date: 1 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Be pleased to acquaint their Lordships that at the Breaking out of the Rebellion in No America I had the Honor to command His Majesty's Ship Rose ー with some other of His Vessels at Rhode Island.
At which Time the Rebels Stopt all communication and Supplies to His Majs Forces.
In this Situation Vice Adml Graves Commander in Cheif of [His] Majs Ships & Vessels in No America gave me Directions... Continue Reading
Date: 1 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
I received your Favour of Feb. 25. by Capt. [John] Adams ー I congratulate you on his safe Arrival with others of our American Ships, it being rather wonderful that so many get in through all the English Men of War actually cruizing in the channel & Bay of Biscay to prevent them. I make no doubt but Messrs Penet & Morris will take proper Care in disposing of the Cargo and Shipping the... Continue Reading
Date: 1 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Capt Nicholson is by this time a long side of Capt Wickes under his american Colours. ー I have not yet collected all the Bills but I imagine this armament will cost you upwards of 300 Louis exclusive of what we advanced to French Sailors from Havre & the present Crews adva wages which may amount to 150 Livres more: I have shipped on board Capt [John] Adams 30 Cases qt 525 Fuzils & 450... Continue Reading
Date: 1 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
So soon as the Ship you command shall have been fumigated & be in other respects in a proper condition for the Sea, You are hereby required & directed to proceed with the very first opportunity of Wind & Weather off the Island of Madeira, & diligently to cruize off that Island for the protection of the Trade of His Majesty's Subjects, & to look out for, & to use your... Continue Reading
Date: 2 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
. . . The Exeter of 64 returned to Spithead with the Culloden and reported meeting off our coast with the King's ship Robuste of 74, Accompanying her for a few houn; that the Captain of the French Ship Told Captain Moor, commanding the Exeter, that he had orders to protect all American or other Vessels coming to Trade in our Ports; not that the Government intended to encourage the Americans, but... Continue Reading
Date: 2 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
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at 5 Am saw two sail one barring SE. the other SSW at 8 Capt Harridon brought too one the Brigt Venus from Dartmouth for N foundland at 9 I Brought two the Brigt Frindship from Topsham for N foundland two sail in sight we in Chaise Capt Harridon spake a french snow we in Chaise of a Brigt... Continue Reading
Date: 3 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Your Lordship having in your letter of the 30th ultimo acquainted us that it was hoped the orders which were issued in pursuance of His Majesty's pleasure for preparing a Vessel to be ready to Sail with the Cloathing &ca for the Army in Canada by the 10th of March last, would have been carried into Execution with all possible Dispatch, and that the Vessel (the Proteus) would at the expected... Continue Reading
Date: 3 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Lieutenant Oakly Commander of the Union Tender, having represented to their Lordships that on the 24th past he discovered that the impressed Men on board had formed and near executed a Plan for their Escape from the said Tender, and that John Goldsworthy one of her Company had assisted therein, and recommended that he shou'd be put on board one of His Majestys Ships, being a Troublesome, mutinous... Continue Reading
Date: 3 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
The Freedom Brig in the Service of the Massachusetts State arrived here the day before yesterday she sailed Mar. 10 so brings nothing fresh she has made 12 prizes 7 she sent into America 1 she gave to prisoners 3 she burned & one is coming into this River, this latter is a Brig from Bordeaux with Wine &c bound to Dublin. . . .
Date: 3 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
At the request of Captain John Robarts of the Schooner Mary lately arrived from Charles Town South Carolina I beg leave to acquaint you that William Machmaster one of his Sailors, is now detained a Prisoner in this City, charged with having drowned one John Hoggins belonging to the same Vessell ー the real circumstances are as follows ー The said Machmaster & Hoggins took the Ship's boat with... Continue Reading
Date: 3 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
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At 5 Am saw a sail to the SW spake her a Duch 50 Gun ship of war for Amsterdam Employd in getting goods out of the Venus on board the Frindship freash gale
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Date: 4 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
This day came in the Barbara, of and for Dublin, from Bourdeaux, Capt. Welch, with wine and brandy, retaken by his Majesty's ship Foudroyant; the Florian, of and from Charlestown, South Carolina, for Nantz, with rice, indigo, pimento and tobacco, taken by his Majesty's ship Reasonable, Capt. Dawel . . . Ellis [Alice] of and from Charlestown, Capt. Barter [John Porter], for Nantz, loaded with rice... Continue Reading
Date: 4 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
. . . Following the representations you made to me, Sir, I have received the King's orders On the Course of action to be taken by the Captains of His Ships on patrol in the event that an English Ship should Chase a Vessel within their sight. lt is His Majesty's intention that, in this case, His Ships hoist their Flag, and engage him with a cannon shot. If the Vessel being Chased shows a French... Continue Reading
Date: 4 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
. . . A letter of the 6th March written to Havre from Cape Francois informs me that l'Amphitrite and la Seine, my two first vessels, have arrived without accident at Charlestown in South Carolina, 2 I hasten to send you this news, begging you to rejoice at it for my sake, if the American cause h as become so foreign to France that you will no longer rejoice for its sake. I am no longer... Continue Reading
Date: 4 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
The Lonsdale, Captain Grayson, who sailed from hence the 28th March, bound for Quebec, fell in with a privateer called the Royal American, of 16 guns and 125 men, upon the 1st of April in the evening, and beat her off in less than an hour, but had the misfortune to have Mr. Fagan the first mate killed, and Wm. Brown, a seaman wounded. ー Cape Clear bore E.N.E. about seventy leagues distant.
Upon... Continue Reading
Date: 5 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
The Chalkle, Furse, from Honduras to Bristol, was taken the 2d ult. in lat. 42. long. 43. by the Massachuset, and Tyrannicide privateers, belonging to the Congress, and got to Kinsale in the brig Eagle, Capt. Holloway, of Dartmouth, who also was taken by the said privateers. Capt. Furse writes, that those privateers came out of Salem the 19th of March, in company with the Cabot privateer,2... Continue Reading
Date: 5 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Inclosed send a Copy of a letter to Thos Pitt Esqr Mayor of Yarmouth with Account of the Prince of Orange Packet (from Harwich) Mr Phillp Dean Master being taken by an American Privateer last Fryday night about nine O'Clock, with the Mail On board, about three Leagues or thereabouts, of[£] Scowen [Schouwen ], from what intelligence I can learn she is a Schooner about 150 Tonns, Mounts Ten... Continue Reading
Date: 5 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
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