Volume 1
I got without the Lighthouse with his Majs Ship under my Command a Sunday [December 18] about Noon, the Wind at West North West, in the Afternoon the Wind veering to the Eastward and looking dirty, I put back and Anchor'd in Nantasket Road, at 3 the next Morning the Wind got round to So by East, I got under sail and at Eleven the same Morning Anchord here, where I found the Canceaux got in here... Continue Reading
Date: 20 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
We hear that the Number of Barrels of Gun-Powder taken Care of by the good People of New-Hampshire, in their late Expedition to Fort William & Mary, situated about 3 Miles below Portsmouth, amounted to 106; together with a considerable Number of Cannon, all the Shot, Small Arms, &c.
Date: 20 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
As the Supernumerary Marines will be disembarked in a few Days, I take the Liberty to mention the Proprietary of putting them whilst on shore on the same Footing with the rest of the Soldiers both as to their Pay and Provisions. As they are all employed in the same Service, if some are treated differently from others, it may Occasion Grumbling and discontent, which must be very prejudicial to the... Continue Reading
Date: 21 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
I have the honor to signify my consent to your Excellency's requisition that the Supernumerary Marines to be landed from His Majestys Squadron under my Command, may, while they are on shore, be put on the same footing with the rest of the Soldiers as to their Pay an_d Provisions being satisfied for the reasons mentioned in your Excellency's letter of yesterday and from Major [John] Pitcairns... Continue Reading
Date: 22 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
Friday evening [December 16] sailed for Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, his Majesty's ship Canceaux, Lieut. [Henry] Mowatt, commander . . .
And, on Saturday evening sailed for the same place his Majesty's ship Scarborough, Captain [Andrew] Barclay.
Sunday arrived here his Majesty's ship Somerset, of 64 guns, Captain [Edward] Le Cras, commander, from England.
Date: 22 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
Snow all day. The Detachment not yet sailed; we hear it is to go to Rhode Island to bring away a quantity of Powder from a Vessel which has been drove in there, and which they are afraid to trust without a Guard.
Date: 22 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
As the Affair of Removing the POWDER and some GUNS from the FORT, hath been a Matter of some speculation, I was determined to enquire and judge for myself; and find upon critical Examination, that the People of the Province of New-Hampshire are well known to have supported the Character of loyal Subjects of his MAJESTY, and have been distinguished for their Obedience to all Subordinate officers,... Continue Reading
Date: 23 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
Saturday last the Boyne man of war of 64 guns, and Asia, of 60, lately mentioned to have arrived from England, came up into this harbour, and are at anchor within musket shot of the town.
Date: 23 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
Tuesday Se'nnight all the Cannon belonging to the Battery at New London were removed into the Country.
Date: 24 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
The ship Houston Capt. Robert M'Lish, having arrived in this province since the first instant, with the following packages and parcels of goods, viz.
2
bales of osnabrig
1
box of felt hats
1
bale of Irish sheeting
10
boxes of candles
2
trunks of Irish linen
4
boxes of soap
2
casks of snuff
12
casks of red and white port wines, containing 72 dozen.
2
casks of shoes
The property... Continue Reading
Date: 24 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
A Proclamation by the Governor
Whereas several Bodies of Men did, in the day time of the 14th and in the Night of the 15th of this Instant December, in the most daring and rebellious Manner invest, attack, and forcibly enter into his Majesty's Castle William and Mary in this Province, and overpowering and confining the Captain and Garrison, did, besides committing many treasonable Insults and... Continue Reading
Date: 26 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
. . . we have received Accounts of an Attack made by a Number of People in New-Hampshire on His Majesty's Fort William and Mary in Piscataqua Harbour. There has been different Reports concerning this Transaction, but I transmit your Lordship Copys and Extracts of Letters that I have received from Governor [John] Wentworth upon the Subject. A Frigate and Sloop of War are now in that Harbour, and... Continue Reading
Date: 26 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
The week before last Thomas Gilbert, George Chace, Jaheel Hathway, Abiel Terry, Benjamin Grinnell, and two of Col. Hathway's sons, having proved themselves great enemies to their country, fled from Freetown to Boston, to take shelter under the wing of Gen. [Thomas] Gage. We hear one of the above Tories hung up his coat and shot one or two bullets through the skirts, then put it on to wear to... Continue Reading
Date: 26 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
The Lively proceded to Salem Road to prevent smuggling the Importation of Arms Ammunition &c
Date: 29 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
Yours 19th Ins is now before me & am sorry to find that the underwriters on the Hawk2 have not paid you for I Really want the Money. I wrote you by Capt. [Edward] Chappell & Rogers, hope they have both arrived & that you will be able to send me the money for the Draft on Mess [Thomas & Isaac] Wharton, also Negociate £800 Currency to be pd in Boston. I expect [Eleazer]... Continue Reading
Date: 29 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
1774
Decmr 29
Ship Emperor of Germany, John Richards, Master, 160 tons, 9 men, from Bristol
European Goods pr 4 Cockets,2 4786 Bushels of Salt
29
Ship Richmond, Thomas Hutchinson, Master, 70 tons, 8 men, from Liverpool
European Goods pr 2 Cockets 5520 Bushels of Salt.
Date: 29 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
Sir, Since I had the honor to write you of the [20th] instant, the weather has continued excessively severe, I have however conferred twice with Captain [Andrew] Barkley and Lieutt [Henry] Mowat of His Majesty's Ships Scarborough & Canceaux upon the best means of securing the King's service & Servants in this Town, from any sudden attack, which may be too reasonably apprehended from the... Continue Reading
Date: 30 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
I have lately been favoured with a Copy of Lord Dartmouth's circular Letter to the Governors of the respective Colonies upon this Continent, wherein he Informs them, that His Majesty has thought fit, by his order in Council of the 19th October 1774, to prohibit the exportation from Great Britain of Gunpowder or any sort of Arms or Ammunition & that it is his Majesty's Command that they take... Continue Reading
Date: 30 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
This Province has been tolerably quiet since I arrived ー Before that, they had in one or two Instances been second (I think) in Violent Measures to Boston ー The Spirit of [Res]istence against the Tea Act or any Mode of internal Taxation is as strong & universal here as ever. I firmly believe that they will undergo any Hardships sooner than acknowledge a Right in the British Parlt. in that... Continue Reading
Date: 30 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
Alexander Hostler, & Co., produced invoices of goods amounting . . . in the whole nineteen hundred and fifty-one pounds, nineteen shillings seven and three quarter pence, imported in the Thetis from Glasgow, which they delivered into the hands of the committee and requested that the same might be sold pursuant to the resolves of the general Congress.
Hogg and Campbell, produced invoices of... Continue Reading
Date: 30 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
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