Volume 7
Know all Men by these Presents that I John Brown of Providence in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Merchant am held and firmly bound unto Joseph Clarke Esquire General Treasurer of said State in the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds Lawful Money to be paid unto the said Joseph Clarke in his said Capacity or to his Successors in said Office for the Use of... Continue Reading
Date: 28 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
I have this day received Orders from the Honble Robert Morris Esqr Vice President of the Marine Committee to put the Alfred, Columbus, Cabot Sloop Providence and Hamden Under Captn Jones's Command to execute a private expidition These are therefore to request You After you have Cruised Six Weeks as Pr Your former Orders to return to Boston and put the Cabot Under his Command — I am Sir [&c.]
Date: 28 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
I receiv'd yours of the 5th instt respecting a private Expedition, and now beg leave to inform you that before I receiv'd it the Hamden had Sail'd and the Cabot was under Sailing Orders but I hear She was not got out Yesterday owing to Some damage She Receiv'd in a Snow Storm in Boston harbour — a Copy of their Orders I forwarded to the Honble Marine Board the 14th Instant. — The Columbus and... Continue Reading
Date: 28 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
I receiv'd yours of the 21st Jany the 20th instant and Shall endeavour to follow your Instructions as near as possible — My Last to you was by Captn [Matthew] Parke of the 14th instt with a Copy of my orders to Mr [Ezekiel] Burroughs of the Hamden and Captn [Joseph] Olney of the Cabot — I have had a request from General [Joseph] Spencer to assist him in an Attack on the Enemy at Rhode Island,... Continue Reading
Date: 28 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
The Captain of the Amazon had leave to Negociate an Exchange of Prisoners on equal terms. — I have an Account of an Armed Schooner which was taken by the Amazon, but none of any Trading Schooner. — Mr Trumbull must have mistaken the matter for had Mr Andrew Palmer been Master of a Trader, he would have been exchanged with the others, because no Masters of Merchant Vessels are considered as having... Continue Reading
Date: 28 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
Whereas Colonel Richard Somers, by his Petition hath set forth, That he the said Richard Somers, with a Detachment of the Militia of this State, was stationed at Great-Egg-Harbour as a Guard to the Sea-Coast, and to protect the Inhabitants thereof against the Depredations of the Enemy; and that during his Continuance in that Station, he, with the said Detachment, and sundry others of the... Continue Reading
Date: 28 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
Tittermary (Rope maker) is engaged to make all the Rope he can for this Board, and deliver rigging as fast as possible, until he is told to stop.
The Ships Sam and King George 2 being advertised for sale this evening at the London Coffee House, they are, in the opinion of this Board, proper vessels for Fire Ships; therefore,
Resolved, That Paul Cox shall bicl for both these Ships, and... Continue Reading
Date: 28 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
Commission Issued to Abraham Gorman appointed first Lieutenant of the Row Galley called the Conqueror —
Date: 28 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
Remarks on bord of the brig Lexington feb the 26th 1777
this 24 hours Moderate And fair A[t] 8 Am the Pilot Came on bord and took Charge of the brig to Carry her down
A 9 the Capt & Leautenants Came on bord Got under weigh in Comp with Comodore [James] Nicholson and Several Marchentmen
February
the 27 1777
the first part of this 24 Hours the wind flatring a 9 pm Came too off... Continue Reading
Date: 28 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
By a gentleman from the Northward, we learn that a number of vessels had arrived in the Delaware with a large quantity of salt, clothing for the army, and dry goods of all kinds; and we are also told, that at Charlestown there were upwards of 30 sail of vessels lying, from different ports, which haq stocked the market there so plentifully with European goods, that all kinds sold full as cheap as... Continue Reading
Date: 28 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
This is to certify to all whom it may concern, that I was taken in the Ship Jane of London, from the Island of Tortola to London, by the armed Brig Liberty, Thomas Lilly, belonging to the Commonwealth of Virginia, and that myself, Officers, and Seamen, were treated well, and served with Provision and Rum the same as the said Brigs Crew; and that, soon after our Arrival in Virginia, at the Brig's... Continue Reading
Date: 28 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
28th [February, 1777]: Bread becomes scarcer and we are obliged to lessen our allowance; it was on the 29th of January the first allowance was weighed out, to the sailors to 10 p week, to the cabin passengers and officers, to 7; on the next week the sailors were reduced to seven pounds, the passengers and officers to 4; the third week the sailors and passengers fared alike, and the quantity was... Continue Reading
Date: 28 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
Some time in January 1776, being in His Majesty's Ship Pomona, then under my command, between the Islands of Guadaloupe and Mariegalante, I saw a ship standing in from sea-toward the harbour of Point a pitre in Guadaloupe and, having your order to examine all ships and vessels I should meet with, I made sail intending to have got between her and the harbour, that I might speak with her as she... Continue Reading
Date: 28 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
Febry 1777
Friday 28th
Moor'd in Prince Ruperts Bay [Dominica]
AM Employed clearing the after hold & gettg the Iron Ballast out of the fore peek & stowing it in the after hold.
Boats & People empd woodg & Waterg Detained a Schooner On Suspicion of her carrying on a trade with the rebels, Sent a Midshipman & 6 Men on board to take charge of her.2
Date: 28 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
I have lately received two thousand Barrels or One Hundred Tons of Powder, from Monsr Diant, which was shipped from Nantz to his Address; — but he had no particular Orders to deliver it to me — The Freight upon this Article is very extravagant, being more than double . the Proportion of. what I lately paid, for a considerable Quantity that came from Bordeaux; — It amounted to no less than Livres... Continue Reading
Date: 28 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
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