Volume 4

The paymaster has arrived but has brought no hard Cash with him, we can buy no provisions or wood with the Continental Currency, yet they must be had and that before the Middle of March (after that Time there will [be] no passing up and down this River for three or four Weeks) or perhaps the Expedition may fail for Want of Supplies ー Flour may be purchased for 9 Livres per Ct ー we ought to... Continue Reading
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Very cold. The captain of the Senegal has searched the brig Liberty and does not find anything contraband, but will not release her till he hears from the Commodore at Halifax 2
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
at 10 AM spoke with Chace a Schooner from St Domingo bound to Boston 2  sent a Petty Officer & 3 Men on board her & took out the Master & five Men
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
The Committee of Safety and Correspondence of this Town beg leave to represent to your Honours, that about the 24th [sic 29th] day of January last the Sloop Rainbow Lemuel Perkins Master loaded with Wood was taken by one of our Privateers commanded by Capt [Samuel] Tucker, upon a suspicion that she was bound to Boston, and carryed into Cape ann; upon her Arrival there the Master produced a... Continue Reading
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
At a Meeting of the Committee &c It appeared that the sloop Mermaid [sic Rainbow] commanded by Lemuel Perkins Sailed from Damascott[a] on the [blank] of Jany last having A certificate from the Comtee at that place which expressed his being bound to Newbury Port & Salem ー that his lading consisted of about 45 Cords of wood about 10 Bushels of Potatoes 2 Busshels of Turnips a... Continue Reading
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Samuel Holten, Esq; brought down a Letter from the Hon. James Otis, Esq; 2 directed to the Hon. Council, informing them that on Saturday last, a French Vessel ran on shore on the South Side of the Cape, with upwards of an Hundred Hogsheads of Molasses and other small Articles; that she had a French Master; and one Pinkham, of Nantucket, an English Master; that their... Continue Reading
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Yesterday a Gent arrived here, said to be a Prussian Knight, from France to the W Indies, thence bound to Phia, but brot on upon the back of the Cape, from thence hither, & now at head Quarters, has many Letters for Dr [Benjamin] Franklin, a Packet for the President of the Congress, & another for the Secretary of do  'Tis supposed that the Vessel was bound into Boston, 'tho he took... Continue Reading
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
May it please your Excellency, Since the sudden and unexpected burning of the Houses upon Dorchester Neck, I have been repeatedly and earnestly solicited, by my distressed Friends and Neighbours, to make an humble Representation to your Excellency, that, our Habitations are equally exposed to be destroyed by our Enemies, whenever their Malice shall stimulate them to make us feel the Effects, of... Continue Reading
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Meeting in being according to adjournment Messrs Joseph D. Russell & Nicholas Cooke Junr having returned last evening from Philadelphia, made their appearance this evening to report their doings to the Committee, they have brot the sixty thousand Dollars in Cash sent for by this Committee, they have also brought the draughts of the two Ships which we were desired to Build for the Continental... Continue Reading
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Last Wednesday [February 14] an armed schooner from Boston, arrived in this harbour, and immediately proceeded up the Bay to Capt. [James] Wallace, who lay near Hope; the next day the whole ministerial fleet moved to the upper part of Prudence, where, on Friday, they landed a number of men, who attacked and took a WINDMILL, on which they hoisted a flag by way of triumph, and then burnt the mill... Continue Reading
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Colonel [Alexander] McDougall informed the Congress that Major Genl [Charles] Lee had ordered Capt. Silleck [Simeon Sellick], in an armed vessel, of Connecticut, down here with provisions; that the said vessel is without gunpowder, and that Genl. Lee requests that a 100 weight of gunpowder may be delivered to Capt. Silleck for the use of said vessel. Thereupon an order was given for his use in... Continue Reading
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
We hear from Elizabeth-Town, in New-Jersey, that on Monday the 12th inst. Intelligence arrived in that Town about 11 o'Clock at Night, that the Man of War, Transports and Tender, which fell down the Day before from the Harbour of New-York to the Watering Place, with 200 Marines on board, intended to commit Depredations on Staten Island, and furnish themselves with live-stock; General [William]... Continue Reading
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
The Ships of War which were here have been frighten'd away ー the Asia lies between Nutters and Bedloes Island ー the Dutchess of Gordon with his Excellency Governor Tryon is under her stern ー the Phoenix is station'd a league below the Narrows ー the Mercury and General Clinton must inevitably fall into the hands of our Fleet, unless They are fast asleep ー We have taken strong hold of Hell Gate ー... Continue Reading
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
AM Clear'd Hawse and Exercized Small Arms. Read the Articles of War &ca to the Ships Company. Modt Breezes & Clear. PM fir'd Several Shott at Vessels going up to Town and Brought them too.3
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Be it remembered that it is agreed by and between John Alsop, Francis Lewis and Philip Livingston of the City of New York ー Merchants and Silas Deane of the Colony of Connecticut, merchant ー and Robert Morris of the City of Philadelphia, merchant, of the one part, and Samuel Ward, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas McKean, Joseph Hewes, Josiah Bartlett and Robert Alexander Esqrs, members of the Committee... Continue Reading
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Dear Sir  Yours of the first Inst is nmv before me, and would inform you, that the Marine Committee look on you as fully authorised, to Build the Ship to be Built in New hampshire and finish her fit for the Sea; if any thing is wanted that you Cannot procure, they Expect you will Give them timely notice: The Draught is Sent forward & you will no Doubt receive it before this Comes to hand; I... Continue Reading
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Permission is granted to Capt Jesse Harding of the Schooner Jenny to load with Flour for Falmouth in New Engld also to the Brig Rogers addrest to Capt Geo Woolsey to load with Produce on the Publick Accountー Application being made by Mr Solomon Allen for Liberty to load Flour in the Sloop Sarah Zephaniah Sheperdson Master, agreeable to a Certificate from Governour [Nicholas] Cooke of Rhode Island... Continue Reading
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
[Baltimore] Recd Feby 19. 1776 of Capt James Nicholson on Accot of Ship Defence Twelve Shillings for James Bennet for 2 days Work on the Board at the Riggingー £ 12/. Jean Bennet Recd Feby 19. 1776 of Capt. James Nicholson on Accot Ship Defence Nineteen pounds Eighteen Shillings & Six pence for the Work of Seven Carpenters thirty five Days & Seventeen days Work on the Bargeー £ 19.18.... Continue Reading
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
A Letter to the comm'ee of Northampton county, requesting them to employ at the public Expense one light, swift sailing vessel, to ply on and off the capes, and give Intelligence to the Philad'a Fleet of the strength of the British navy now here, and to continue the same 10 or 12 days.
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4
I am extremely obliged to you for your kind Concern for my Health ー If you were alarmed at the Report of the Arrival of the Roebuck you have much more Reason to be so now when you are told of the Arrival of another Ship of War ー with a Transport ー Col. [Patrick] Henry had certain Information of this Yesterday ー they arrived in Hampton Road on Saturday, & we are still ignorant who they are or... Continue Reading
Date: 19 February 1776
Volume: Volume 4

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