On the Report that a Fleet was expected to attack the Capital of the Colony, the Committee was desired to repair thither in order to take into their Consideration what was necessary immediately to be done.
The Delegates now proceeded to confer with General Washington as well on sundry Matters mentioned in his Letters to the Congress upon which no Order had been made as also upon other Matters occurring in the Course of this Business ー and . . .
3. In what Light are Vessels which are made Captures of with their Cargoes to be considered? that is what Part is to be assigned the Captors in the pay of... Continue Reading
. . . An Express arrived from Casco Bay last Evening that brings an account that the Enemy had been firing a Day or two upon Falmouth what has been the consequence we have not yet learnt, the Enimy had orders to burn Falmouth and Portsmouth unless the Inhabitants would deliver up their Arms and give Hostages for their future good behavior ー The Enemys' conduct fulfills the Scripture "Whose... Continue Reading
Resolved, That Capt. William Johnson, of the Schooner Britannia, chartered by the Committee of Supplies of this Colony, and now said to be arrived at Townsend, near Kennebeck River, be, and he hereby is directed to deliver to Tristram Dalton, Esq., or order, for supplying the Truckmaster of Penobscot, four halfbarrels of Powder; he paying for the same five Shillings per pound.
[Endorsed] In... Continue Reading
The followg is an Account of the Manner which the Cannon & Spare Arms were taken from Fort Pownall on the 14th April '75 by an Order from Genl Gage, directed to Thos Goldthwait Esq Commander of said Fort.
On Friday Eveng the 13th Apl, came into penobscott river a Top sail Schooner which Anchor'd near Fort Pownall, which myself and others took to be a Merchantman going up the River to purchase... Continue Reading
By a Gentleman who came to Town Yesterday from Falmouth, Casco Bay, we are informed, that Capt. Mowatt, and another Ship with two Transports arrived there on Monday last [October 16]; soon after Capt. Mowatt went on Shore with a Flag of Truce; informing them that his Orders, which he read in the Town House there was immediately to demolish that Town, (and yet they did not seize him) On which the... Continue Reading
Octr 1775
Monday 23
Boston Light N ½ Wt Distce 2 or 3 Miles saw a Sail Standing to the S W gave Chase fired 2 Swivels & 9 Nine Pounders Shotted at her to bring too a Brig Modt & hazey Wr spoke a brig from Phalmo with wine and fruit bound to Marblehead, sent a Masters Mate & six hands to carry her to Boston
23 Monday [October, 1775]. Put all the Provision & Stores ab[d] the Schooner Putnam. Set the Carpenters at Work on the Brig also the Rigers
The 3 Gentlemen sent by the Town Council to D. Govr Cook to advise on the present State of this To returned this Afternoon, with a Letter from Gov. Cook dated at Cambridge the 21st Inst. in which he advises that upon the Advice of. the Committe of the Continental Congres.s now sitting at Cambridge, Wallace shd be supplied with Provisions on Condition of sufferg the Ferry & Wood Boats to pass... Continue Reading
Last Monday [October 16] the Swan, Capt. Ayscough sailed for Boston, with 2 transport ships, several wood vessels, &c. The Swan, it is said, is to proceed from Boston to England. The above vessels carried round the live-stock that was bought of the Brentons, that which was extorted from Bristol, the Rams taken from Dutch Island, &c. which 'tis thought is all the supply of that kind the... Continue Reading
Last Friday Night [October 20], John Bates, arrived here in a small Schooner, from North-Carolina, and acquaints us, That the Wednesday before he saw a Ship lying ashore on her Beam Ends at Brigantine Inlet, about half a Mile to the Southward of Little Egg Harbour, with her Head on Shore; that the same Evening, a Boat came out of Cranberry Inlet, with some People in her, three of whom appeared... Continue Reading
Resolved, That Capt. [Peter] Long be order'd to buy a Quantity of half Price Boards, and send them to Fort Island, for the purpose of building a leantoo shed against the inside of the Fort Wall, sufficient to cover two or three hundred Men in bad weather.
Robert Towers, Commissary, Reports . . . That he has deliver'd to the undermention'd Captains of the armed Boats, the following Firelocks, viz'... Continue Reading
You will receive a Letter from a Comtee. whose Business it is to prepare a compleat Narrative of the War ー at least of the Murders, Robberies, Piracies, Treasons, Felonies, Villanies, etc. of the Army and Navy. Mr. [George] Wythe who is one, is a Virginian, a Lawyer of high Rank at the Bar, a great Schollar, a most indefatigable Man and a staunch Virginian, to all appearance.
You will observe the... Continue Reading
Last Monday morning [October 16] before day, a transport ship, Captain Hastings, was stranded on Brigantine Beach, on the coast of New-Jersey. She had on board Capt. Duncan Campbel, Lieut. Sims, two Serjeants, and twenty-one Privates, bound from Boston, as they say, for New-York, as a recruiting party. The Captain and Lieutenant got off the Beach on Tuesday in a small boat, and are supposed to... Continue Reading
[Arrived] Joshua Barney, Ship Sidney, Gibraltar, Jno Smith & Sons [owners].2
October 1775
Moored in Elizbth River Virginia Abreast the Town of Norfolk ー
Monday 23
AM Delivered the Rum to the Owner out of the Sloop as he Brot his Clearance but Keept the Sloop the owner being A Rebel
Please to Supply His Majesty's Armed Ship Cherokee under my Command with the Undermentioned Species of Provissions Viz
Bread
One Thousand pound
Rum
Fifty Gallons
Beef
Fifty
Tierces
Pork
Ninety
Butter
One Hundred & forty pounds
I am Sir [&c.]
Sir As I have not had an opportunity of corresponding with Admiral Graves since the 29h of June I think it necessary to desire you will be pleased to acquaint their Lordships with some steps I have taken at the earnest desire of the Right Honble Lord William Campbell Governor of this Province on the 7h of September Lieut Fergusson arrived here with His Majesty's armed Ship Cherokee; and... Continue Reading
[Endorsed]
COPY of a letter from Vice Adml Young Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships & Vessels at the Leeward Islands, to Mr Stephens dated on board the Portland in English Harbour Antigua 23d October 1775.
The 7th of October arrived at English Harbour. Captn Gordon in His Majts Ship Argo, and brought answers to the Letters I had wrote to the Governors &c. of all His Majesty's... Continue Reading
Ships.
Commander.
Where Stationed &c.
Portland
Vice Admiral Young
English Harbour Antigua: Fitting for Sea.
Capt Thos Dumaresq
Argo
Fras G. Gordon
8th Octor 1775. Ordered to Guadaloupe, and on his Arrival there, to deliver a Letter to the Count De Nosier, His Most Christian Majts Governor General of the Islands Martinique, Guadaloupe, &c. to procure his Answer thereto... Continue Reading