Volume 4
Colony of Connecticut Hartford County ss.ー
Be it remembered that upon this second day of March In the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and seventy six personally came and appeared befor me Titus Hosmer Esqr one of his majesties Justices of the Peace for said County Eleazer Treadwell of Haddam in said County Mariner who being duly sworn upon his Oath deposeth and saith that upon the... Continue Reading
Date: 2 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Col. [Alexander] McDougall informed the Congress that Capt, James Smith has the care and charge of the sloop or vessel which Capt. [Anthony] Rutgers and himself were directed by this Congress to purchase and arm. That Capt. Smith has had sundry disbursements in that matter, and also that wages are due to the men and mariners employed in and about the said sloop. That Capt. Smith has occasion for... Continue Reading
Date: 2 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
An affair has lately been discovered here which has given no small uneasiness to the Congress. Some manoeuvres of Governor Tryon convinced that Assembly that he was perfectly acquainted with their proceedings, and they were at a loss to guess from what quarter he could get his intelligence. At length, a doubt arose in the breast of Mr [James] Duane, (a principal Member of the Congress,) that his... Continue Reading
Date: 2 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Saturday 2d
Mode Breezes and Clear A M Fir'd Severall Shott at Vessels to bring them to.
2
P M Sail'd hence the Harriot Transport with the Sally Salt Ship and the Francis Sloop.
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Date: 2 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
This will be delivered to you by Mr [John] Young, a young gentleman of fortune, from Philadelphia, as I am informed. His errand to Boston is to offer himself a volunteer to General Howe. During six weeks' residence on board the Phoenix, his behavior was such as to entitle him to every civility I could shew him, and from his request take the liberty of presenting him to you.
The sloop Francis is... Continue Reading
Date: 2 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
The Congress proceeded to the determination of the prize ship Blue Mountain Valley, now lying at Elizabethtown Point, lately seized by Lord Stirling, with detachments of the Continental forces, and militia: And it appearing by the testimony of credible witnesses, upon their oaths, that the said ship, John H.Dempster, master, sailed from London some time last fall, laden with stores shipped by... Continue Reading
Date: 2 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Resolved, That John Brice be appointed first Lieutenant to the Armed Boat Warren.
Date: 2 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
"Proceedings of the Committee of Foreign Correspondence Sending S. De[ane] to France", March 2, 1776
The Committee met viz. Col. [Benjamin] Harrison, Mr [John] Dickinson, Mr [Robert] Morris, Mr [Benjamin] Franklin. Agreed upon the instructions to Mr and signed them, also signed and sealed a Certificate that Mr is authorized by the Committee, which Instrument follows in these words
[The certificate appears in its final form as the next entry, and the instructions are under March 3, 1776... Continue Reading
Date: 2 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
We the underwritten, being the Committee of Congress for secret Correspondence, do hereby certify whom it may concern, that the Bearer, the Honourable Silas Deane Esquire, one of the Delegates from the Colony of Connecticut, is appointed by us to go into France, there to transact such Business, commercial and political, as we have committed to his Care, in Be~ half & by Authority of the... Continue Reading
Date: 2 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
I request you'll immediately proceed with the Ship Aurora under your Particular care & Command to Barcelona where you are to Discharge your Cargo & receive Freight agreeable to bills Lading at Fifteen pence Stg p. Bushl & six Shillings p Barrel you must try all in your power to sell the ship, not under Two Thousand pounds Stg Cash Only, in which case you are to remit the Whole in your... Continue Reading
Date: 2 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Mr Hugh Young agreed with the Council to load the Schooner Peggy, with Country Produce, and in Return to import Salt agreeable to a Resolution of [the Continental] Congress.
Ordered That the said Treasurer pay to Mr William Lux One thousand Pounds Currency on Account of the Ship Defence.ー
Date: 2 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Ordered, That Captain [George] Goosley do return in the Brig Liberty to Cumberland Town and there remain until further orders.
Same order to Capt. Howe in the Schooner Sally
Date: 2 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Febr [17]76
Monday 26th
At our old Moorings [off Fort Johnston, North Carolina]
Reced on board some Provisions from one of the Prizes, At 7 unmoord and hove short at 9. weigd & made sail up the river in Company with the Lady Wm Schooner and other tenders. At Noon fire'd two guns as Sigl Bru[n]swick about [west] two Cables length.
Tuesday 27th
Mode and pleasant wear At 4 PM Anchord... Continue Reading
Date: 2 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Resolved, That no Pork, Beef, Flour, Bacon, Rice or Peas be exported from any part of this province after this day without first obtaining leave from the Provincial Congress, excepting for returns for Salt Arms or Ammunition actually imported into this Colony.
Date: 2 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Mr. [John] Rutledge from the Committee to prepare a form of orders proper to be delivered to Col. Bull, made a report, which being amended, was unanimously agretd to as follows:
South-Carolina.
By Authority of Congress.
To Stephen Bull, Esq; Colonel, or,
To the Commanding Officer for the time being, of the South-Carolina forces ordered to act in aid of Georgia.
Whereas there is reason to... Continue Reading
Date: 2 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
For the safety of the Province, and the good of the United Colonies, it is unanimously
Resolved, That the houses in the town of Savannah, and the hamlets thereunto belonging, together with the shipping now in the port of Savannah, the property of, or appertaining to the friends of America, who have associated and appeared, or who shall appear in the present alarm to defend the same, and also the... Continue Reading
Date: 2 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
A Proclamation.
Whereas, many householders in the town of Savannah, and the hamlets thereunto belonging, have basely deserted their habitations since the commencement of the present alarms;
And whereas, some of them are associates in the great American Union, and by consequence, their lives and fortunes bound to support it; And whereas, there is a number of shipping in the port of Savannah... Continue Reading
Date: 2 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Cape Ann NW Fresh Breezes and Clear Saw four sail to the North 5 or 6 Leagues ward one Ship in the N E Qr Made the Private Signl to Do Ship ansured it, at 1 [P.M.] Made Sail after the four Vessels to the No wd at 4 Came up with them to be Rebel arm'd Schooners at ½ Past 5 Engaged them, they Still Runing, Fired a Number of Shot at them, Got Damaged by them one Man Wounded and Several Rops Shot... Continue Reading
Date: 3 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
Reced of William Bartlett for the Use of the Schr Franklin
30 four pound Cartrages
30 Three do do
30 Two do do
100 Swivel do
also Shot for Each
Cartrages
Beverly 3 March 1776.
Date: 3 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
If Mr [George] Dawson has not already informed You, I am now to convey to you the disagreeable News, that the Friendship which Sailed lately from Boston for New York was cast away about 4 o'Clock in the Morning of last Friday [March 1] Three Leagues to the Southward of Cape Cod ー My first sight of her as I was standing towards the Land, was about 11 the same day, and appeared to be at an Anchor... Continue Reading
Date: 3 March 1776
Volume: Volume 4
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