European Theatre from January 1, 1777, to May 31, 1777
finding the Prisoners brought in here by the Lexington privateer belonging to tqe American Congress all parted for Great Britain & Ireland, when your Excellencys Condecending Letter of 26th Ultimo came to hand, l would not presume to Acknowledge Receipt of it, or trouble you farther, till Other Matters Occured, that your Excellency should be Informed of. have now to Acquaint your Excellency... Continue Reading
Date: 10 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
The Schooner Marblehead Capt Saml Dugard will be dispatched by the 14th instant In her we intend shipping some Salt Duck & tent cloth.
Memorandum of Articles shippd in the Success Capt Cabbott Gerrish dispatchd the 8th instant.
757
harricks of Salt
16
Anchors weighing 238 hundd
3
Cables from 18½ to 16 Inches
3
Hawsers
234
Coyles of Cordage all dimensions
31
Cases containg
2247... Continue Reading
Date: 10 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
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Courses
Winds
Remks on Sunday 11th of May 1777
4
Tyrannicide in company at 4 AM. saw 13 sail to the Eastward standing to the west ward
at 5 we tack stood for the fleet & found them to be 11 learge Ships & 2 Brigts two ships we took to be Frigats gave us chaise we tack ship
at 8 they gave over chaise we tack & stood to windward of the fleet & found we could do ... Continue Reading
Date: 11 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Agreeable to my proposal last Evening I now have the honor of sending You this by Mr [William] Carmichael, impatient to know what is the Fate of Capt Cunningham [Conyngham], I pray you to inform Me by Mr Carmichael if he is, or is not Arrested, and whither any other of the Officers or Crew are Arrested ー Also whither the Prizes may be permitted to quit the Port. The Report of Capt Cunninghams not... Continue Reading
Date: 11 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
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Courses
Winds
Remks on Munday 12th of May 1777
2
Calm fair weather
5
ESE
saw a fleet of 8 sail of Vessels standing to the westward
7
Calm
9
Tyrannicide in company
10
NW
WSW
at 9 small breaze gave chaise latter part freash breaze & Cloudey
11
Latt By Obs 48D 24m Longd in 13D 31m
1
WNW
SW
freash breaze cloudey weather at 6 bore down and spake a snow... Continue Reading
Date: 12 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
A Letter from Liverpoole, dated May 7, says, "We have received certain Intelligence from Waterford, of five American Privateers being off Corke and Kinsale: They have taken two Vessels from Waterfotd, and one from Dublin, bound to Lisbon, and were waiting for the Newfoundland and West India Convoys."
A Gentleman who is just come from Paris says, that Dr. Franklin is empowered by the Congress to... Continue Reading
Date: 12 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Mr James Bachop who was put on board the Molly Transport taken by the Alfred Privateer on her passage from Louisbourg to New York with a Cargo of Coals under Convoy of the Flora, as prize Master, and who with the assistance of the Men put on board with him, and of the Master of the Transport, the only person of the Crew left on board her, brought her into Londonderry in Ireland, a11d from thence... Continue Reading
Date: 12 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
This morning the boatswain of the Rising State[s] American privateer was flogged from ship to ship for deserting from the Worcester man of war, and afterwards serving on board the said privateer.2
Date: 12 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Whereas we have ordered Sir Thomas Pye Admiral of the Blue to repair to Portsmouth to relieve you in the Command of His Majestys Ships & Vessels at that Port and Spithead: You are hereby required and directed when he arrives to strike your Flag and come on Shore leaving with him Attested Copies of all standing and unexecuted Orders which may be m your hands relative to the said Command. Given... Continue Reading
Date: 13 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Vice Admiral [John] Amherst having in his Letter of the 6th Ultimo, informed my Lords Commissrs of the Admiralty that the Crew of the Hannah, an American Merchant Ship, taken by the Experiment, and brought to Plymouth, were in safe Custody as Prisoners; and as the Master of the American Merchant Vessel taken by the Albion, had been ordered to be set on Shore, and the rest of her Crew ordered on... Continue Reading
Date: 13 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
The Cutters being certainly the most useful Vessels for Channel Service, the Lords of the Admiralty have ordered several of them to be immediately commissioned, to cruize for the little American Privateers that now infest our Coasts; and there is not the least Doubt but they will soon give a good Account of those Pirates, as they have every Advantage in light Winds, can row with Oars, keep the... Continue Reading
Date: 13 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
This morning arrived from Dunkirk, Cha. Sands, master of one of our fishing smacks, who acquaints me, that on Friday evening Cunningham and the crew belonging to the privateer were taken up and put into Dunkirk prison.
I can assert this as a fact, as the master says he went past the prison on Saturday morning, and saw them at the prison gate; so I hope we shall soon have the news of the Prince of... Continue Reading
Date: 13 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
this night will doe me that honour I have at last with some certainty discovered the intended voyage of Nicholson, Weakes, & Johnson, they have all sail'd from Nantes, and mean if Possiable to intercept some of your transports with foreign troops, but in what Place or latitude cannot say, this plan has been laid long while, & the original one was, that Capt Conyngham who brought the... Continue Reading
Date: 13 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
May 1777
[Wednesday] 14th
Start No 72°53' Distance 573 Leagues
at 4 Tack'd at½ past Joind Company with the Commodore made our Signal to Speak us spoke Him 2 order'd us to Chace 2 Sail in the NE made Sail out 1st Reef Top Sails set Studding Sails at 10 Shortend Sail spoke the Nicholas a Dutch Ship from Surinam made Sail after the other it was a Brigg from Charles Town So Carolina... Continue Reading
Date: 14 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Upon my return from St. Lucar [Spain], with a cargo of wine and salt, bound for Perth, I fell in with an American privateer upon the 15th of April, called the Freedom, belonging to the Massachusetts Bay (the Captain's name was John Clowston, who told me he was born in the Orkneys), about 15 leagues off Chilly [Scilly], who soon robbed me of my ship and cargo, as also every thing else belonging to... Continue Reading
Date: 14 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Having communicated to my Lords Commissrs of the Admiralty your Letter of this date, signifying the desire of the Russia Company, that their Lordships will please to appoint four Sloops to cruize on the Stations therein mentioned, for their protection of their homeward bound Trade; I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you, that they have ordered his Majesty's Ships and Sloops named on... Continue Reading
Date: 14 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Captain [John] Bray, Regulating Captain at Deal, having in his Letter of yesterday's date, acquainted my Lords Commissrs of the Admiralty that an account had been received from Dunkirk that the Master and Crew of the Rebel Privatier were put into Prison the 10th Instant, and that the Vessels taken by her were to be immediately given up; I am commanded by their Lordships to signify the same to you... Continue Reading
Date: 14 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
The preparing for the business of the House of Commons this day will naturally prevent Your coming here; I therefore think it right to apprize You that the Post Office have received notice from the Agent at Dover, that news is come by a letter from Captain [Andrew] Frazer at Dunkirk that Cunningham the Commander of the Pyratical Vessel that seized the Prince of Orange Packet boat, is thrown into... Continue Reading
Date: 14 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
A Letter from Dover, dated May 12, says, "This Morning Capt. Kelly sailed from hence for Calais, and from thence will proceed to Paris, in order, by Means of our Ambassador there, to procure the Release of his Ship, the Joseph, taken by Cunningham, and carried into Dunkirk. The Event of this will shew whether the French intend, or not, to give Encouragement to the Americans to carry in their... Continue Reading
Date: 14 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
Yesterday Morning I had the Honour of Your Lordships Letter No 34, with its several inclosures, relative to a Business, which is now upon the point of being terminated, and I hope to Your entire Satisfaction. Before I went to M de Vergennes (who received us Yesterday at his House in Town) I was informed that the Promise, He, arid M de Maurepas made me, had been punctually fulfilled, The Moment I... Continue Reading
Date: 14 May 1777
Volume: Volume 8
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