Applycation havg this Day bin Made to persons here to Risque Mr Hackers Boat, he being gone to the Camp, his Son was in Doubt wiether he Could Concent for her to go for fear his father mought Loose her as well as the one now in the hands of the men of warr, and as both the Boats now held by the men of warr are said to be Detained on Account of their haveing bin Imployd in the Colonys Service in... Continue Reading
Last Tuesday [June 6] a schooner from Philadelphia, loaded with provisions, bound to Nantucket, was brought in here by one of the men of war's tenders. We hear the provisions, in this vessel, belong to near 70 poor men at Nantucket, and the chief their families had to depend on for a considerable time to come.
Last Saturday [June 10] Capt. Cahoone, of this place, arrived here from Virginia, in a... Continue Reading
Wednesday Morning [June 7] died Patrick Strachan, Esq; Senior Lieutenant of his Majesty's Ship Asia.
By a Gentln who Arrived here Yesterday from N. Carolina, we learn that Governor [Josiah] Martin had gone to Fort Johnston at Cape Fare & had sent his Lady & Family to Long Island amongst her Friends. Our Governor Lord Dunmore has Carried most of his Valuable furniture with him on board the Fuoy [Fowey] Man of War The remainder with his Stocks of Cade & horses, Slaves &c are to be... Continue Reading
A Letter from Governour [Jonathan] Trumbull was read, indosing a Letter from Colonel [Benedict] Arnold, and three Resolves of the Continental Congress; all which were committed to the Committee who were appointed to prepare instructions to the Committees that are to repair to Ticonderoga.
Resolved, That the further consideration of the Report relative to the establishment of armed Vessels, be put... Continue Reading
I have the Honor to acquaint Your Excellency that I have appointed next Sunday the 18th inst for the sailing of the Cerberus to England unless Your Excellency wishes her to stay here Longer. I am Sir, [&c.]
I thank you for your letter Acquainting me of your having Appointed the 18th: Inst. for the Cerberus. to sail for England, my personal dispatches are to be put on board the Ship bound for Bristol, which will sail to Morrow, I shall be obliged to you to Order her Convoyd off the Coast, at least as far as Georges Bank; when the Cerberus sails I shall have other Dispatches. I am Sir [&c,]
By the Honorable Nicholas Cooke Esq Deputy Governor, and Lieutenant General, of and over the English Colony of Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, in New England, in America.
Instructions and Orders to be observed by Captain Abraham Whipple, Commander of the Sloop Katy, and Commodore of the armed Vessels employed by the Government for the Protection of the Trade of this Colony, in Pursuance... Continue Reading
As commanding Officer here, I think it my duty to acquaint you, that having lately sent one Mr Hoit, an Indian Interpreter to Montreal, & Caughnawaga, to consult with some Gentlemen of my Acquaintance in the former Place, and with the Indians in the latter, to know their Intentions in the present dispute ー he has returned with the agreeable Intelligence that the Indians are determined not to... Continue Reading
Colo. [James] Clinton and Mr. [Christopher] Tappen, a committee for that purpose, reported a draft of a letter to the New-York Delegates, which was read and approved, and is in the words following, to wit:
In Provincial Congress, New York, June 13th, 1775.
Gentlemen: In consequence of one of your Resolves, we appointed a Committee to view the Post in the Highlands, whose report, with a... Continue Reading
P M Modt and fair Hoisted out Cutter and sent her on Bd the Spy Transport 30 Days from Cork with part of the 44 Regt. on Bd2 Spoek the Lord Hide packett 34 Days from Falmouth got the bo[a]t in and Made Sail the packet in Campy
A gentleman who last night came to me from Williamsburg, which he left on Friday, [June 9], brings account of Lord Dunmore having the day before gone on board a man of war at York, with his Lady and family. The Assembly sent him a deputation to invite him to return, and offered him protection, but he refused, and pretends to be afraid of being assassinated.
Gentn We have just received Intelligence that one of the Officers of the Man of War 2 is gone Express to the Northward in a small Schooner and six men It is supposed she is sent for Arms and for Warlike Stores either to Genl. [Thomas] Gage or to New York
I am for the Committee Gentn Yours &c
Govr [Josiah] Martin arrived at Fort Johnston incogo & it is supposed intends that as the Place of his Residence where he will No Doubt Collect Arms & Ammunition perhaps to put into the Hands of our Domesticks and the Wretched deluded People to the Westward should they be weak enough to accept them Nothing shall be wanting on our parts to Disconcert such Diabolical Schemes . . . This... Continue Reading
Gentlemen; We, the faithful & distressed inhabitants of Machias, beg leave, once more, in the most respectful manner, to approach your presence, & spread before you a just and full representation of our very critical situation.
On the 2d instant Capt Ichabod Jones arrived in this River with two sloops, accompanied with one of the Kings Tenders:2 On the 3d instant, a paper was... Continue Reading
June 1775
Wednesday 14
Moored in Falmo Harbr Casco Bay
Strong gales & fair, P M hove short the Bt & let go the Sl Bower, at 4, 3 or 4 hundred men under arms abreast of the Ship ー Parole York
I am concernd in a small Vessell, which has begun to load with the best sort of Isle Sable fish, not supposing that that sort would be wanted, but have recd. Advise today that no sort of fish is allowed to be shipt off, and as I have no inclination to be in any ways inimical to the general cause iff you think that such sort of fish will be wanted, I am willing to give itt up, but as I have begun... Continue Reading
This Charter Party of Affreightment Indented made & fully agreed upon this fourteenth Day of June Anno Domini One Thousand Seven hundred & seventy five ー Between Jacob Boardman Merchant, John Harbert Blockmaker and Joseph Stanwood Mariner all of Newbury Port in the County of Essex and Province of the Massachusetts Bay, Owners of the good Schooner, nam'd the Britaniae of the Portlage or... Continue Reading
Resolved, That the Receiver-General be, and hereby is directed, to pay the sum of four hundred Pounds to the Committee who have been appointed by this Congress to repair to Ticonderoga; to be by said Committee appropriated as advance pay to the men enlisted under Col. Benedict Arnold, said Committee to be accountable therefor.
Resolved, That the Receiver-General be, and hereby is directed to... Continue Reading
Long have the good people of this colony been oppressed by your conduct, in interrupting their lawful trade, and preventing the importation of the provisions necessary for their subsistence.
The acts of the British Parliament, already filled with restrictions of trade, oppressive in the highest degree, seem by you, to be thought too lenient.
Not controlled by those you affect to call your masters... Continue Reading