American Theatre from December 1, 1774, to May 20, 1775
I have received your Letter of the 27th April, in regard to Mr [John] Brown of Providence; the Vessel he is in, is not yet come round, but I have already spoken to the Admiral; and expect on Mr Browns Arrival, he will be dismissed as I dont as [sic! at] present, see any reason for his detention.
I am with great Regard &ca
Date: 1 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
You are hereby required and directed to put to Sea in his Majs Ship under your Command with all convenient dispatch and proceeding forthwith to New York, you are to anchor if possible before the City.
On your Arrival you are to consult with his Majesty's Lieutt Governor of that Province in what manner you can best assist, by the means of the Kings Ship you command, towards supporting the legal... Continue Reading
Date: 1 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Sir We the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Newport in the Colony of Rhode Island deeply impressed with a grateful Sense of the Support You have on all occasions given to His Majesty's faithful Subjects residing in this Town, and fully convinced that our Peace and Security has for some time past been owing in a great measure to your Attention to His Majesty's Service and spirited Conduct... Continue Reading
Date: 1 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Last Wednesday [April 26], as Mr. John Brown, of Providence, merchant, was going from this town to Providence, in one of the Packets, the Packet was stopped, by order of Captain [James] Wallace, of the ship Rose, and Mr. Brown taken on board the ship Swan; soon after which another packet was stopped as she was going up. These Packets had on board a quantity of flour, which Mr. Brown had purchased... Continue Reading
Date: 1 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Last Eveng I was told that the Officers of the two Men o' War here had by them a List of 27 Persons in Newport whom they intended to take up; and that I myself was in the Listー
Date: 1 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
By two gentlemen from Newport we have certain intelligence that Mr. John Brown, Merchant of Providence, was employ'd by the General Assembly to procure provisions for the use of the troops now raising in that colony ー That on Tuesday last [April 25], he went to Newport, where he purchased a quantity of beef, pork and flour, some of which he shipp'd on board two of their packets for Providence, in... Continue Reading
Date: 1 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Unanimously Voted by Said Committee that at this Alarming and Critical Scituation of affairs in America, the need and Necessity in all probibility we shall have of what Molasses we now have in the Colony, we therefore think it expedient that none of that Comodity be Transported to any other Colony; and we do advise that no person send any from This Town for the above Reasonー
We do also Advise for... Continue Reading
Date: 1 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Sir The People of this Colony are taking up Arms in all Parts of it, and every Species of Violence is threatned to be executed upon me, unless I restore some Gunpowder which I though it my duty to remove from a Magazine in this Town to Onboard the Fowey.
I have reason to believe that the Show which I have made of defending myself by Arming the Persons of my Family and the Assistance given me by... Continue Reading
Date: 1 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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Sir./ The Inhabitants of most of the Counties of this Colony are in Commotion, and a Body of two Thousand Men are now Actually preparing to March to the Assault of my House, defended only by my self and the Persons belonging to my Family, the Occasion of which Insurrection is no greater than my having Conveyed from the Magazine in this Town the Powder which was therein (and which I... Continue Reading
Date: 1 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
My Lord The series of dangerous measures pursued by the People of this Colony against Government, which they have now entirely overturned, & particularly their having come to a Resolution of raising a Body of armed Men in all the Counties, made me think it prudent to remove some Gunpowder which was in a Magazine in this place, where it lay exposed to any attempt that might be made to seize... Continue Reading
Date: 1 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
To Henry Mowat Esqr Captain of His Majesty's Ship Canceaux. The Memorial of Us the Subscribers, for themselves and many other faithful Subjects in the County of Cumberland
Sheweth That since the Arrival of His Majesty's Ship under your Command, we have been relieved by your Spirited Conduct from those Anxieties natural to Persons who are abnoxious to the Enemies of our happy Constitution; and by... Continue Reading
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Doctor [Joseph] Warren, Colonel [Joseph] Palmer, and Colonel [Henry] Gardner were appointed a Sub-Committee to confer with General [Artemus] Ward, relative to the proposal made by Colonel [Benedict] Arnold, of Connecticut, for an attempt upon Ticonderoga.
Voted, That General [John] Thomas be desired to give such orders respecting the Whale-Boats at Falmouth, and other parts southward, as he may... Continue Reading
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I received your Letter in closing the Resolve of the Committee of Safety as to securing the Boats &c.2 I have secured all the Boats in this part of the County that will be of service to the Colony and have given Colo Cobb orders to secure those below which I presume is by this Time done we hauld the Boats ashore & hid them in swampy Land & Woods which was all that could be... Continue Reading
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
This afternoon was a Funeral here of a Lieutenant of Marines of one of the Ships here.2 They obtained leave of the Governor to land, and about 25 Marines landed at Wh[arf] this afternoon, and buried their Officer under Arms in the Ch[urc]h yard discharging three Vollies, and then retired on board without Molestation
This Aft Capt. Hathaway arrived here. He left New York last Thursday ー... Continue Reading
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
May 1775
Tuesday
2 Moor'd in Rhode Island Harbour
P M Seized a Sloop one of the Providence Paquets,
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
we have now got all unanimous, and the association Paper Inclosed will be Signd by most every man in this City & all Seems now to go well to put [us] in a state of Defence as Cannon &c will be Carryed to Kingsbridge
our Custom house will be open tomorrow when [Peter] Rogers will [be] Enterd & shall Amediately unload & Dispatch him,2 no money to be Collected nor can we... Continue Reading
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Time of Clearing
May 2 1775
Ship or Vessel's Name
Ship Peggy
Master's Name
William Barrons
Kind of Built
Sq[uare] Stern
Tons
90
Guns
ー
Men
11
Where and when built
Rh Island 1773
Where and when registred
Newport 1 Octor 1773
The Names of the Owners of
Christr Champlin
this present Voyage
The General Cargoe
Bushels of Corn
600
Barrels of Flour
1600
Tuns of... Continue Reading
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
At a Council held at the Palace [Williamsburg] May 2, 1775. Present His Excellency the Governor, Thomas Nelson, Richard Corbin, William Byrd,Ralph Wormeley, junior, Esquires, John Camm, Clerk, and John Page, Esquire.
The Governor was pleased to address himself to the Board in the following manner:
Gentlemen, Commotions and insurrections have suddenly been excited amongthe people, which threaten... Continue Reading
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Resolved, That we will not ship a single hogshead of tobacco to Great Britain until the determination of the Continental Congress, respecting exportation, be known.
Resolved, That we deem the resolution of our committee last November, not to ship any tobacco in future to Mr. Norton's house, as still obligatory; the ship Virginia having arrived without the concessions then required.2
Date: 2 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
We, whose Names are hereunto Subscribed, Beg Liberty to Inform You of our Situation, as we are Chosen By this Town to Examine into the Circumstance of it, which we had done, and find the Town very Deficient as to Arms & Amunition, and have sent By Water to Salem, But have Just had our money Return'd Back Without Arms or Ammunition: at present we Have Not more than one quarter of a pound of... Continue Reading
Date: 3 May 1775
Volume: Volume 1
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