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My Lord, Your Lordship's Circular Letter of the 19th of October, inclosing an Order of the King in Council to prohibit the Exportation of Arms, Gun-Powder or other Military Stores from Great Britain is duely received. And I have concerted Measures with the Admiral and the Commissioners of the Customs for Stopping and Securing all Military Stores that shall be attempted to be imported into this...
Date: 15 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
The Scarborough arrived with your Lordship's Dispatches of the 17th of October No 11 on the 3d Inst, and Admiral [Samuel] Graves has consented to land all the supernumerary Marines which by Report may amount to above 400 Men, as soon as all arrive and Quarters are prepared, that Major [John] Pitcairne who commands those Marines may have a better Opportunity to form and discipline them, than if...
Date: 15 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
Vice Admiral Samuel Graves to Philip Stephens, Secretary of the British Admiralty, December 15, 1774
Sir On the 3d Instant his Majesty's Ship Scarborough anchored here from Spithead and Captain [Andrew] Barkley delivered to me your Letter of the 14th October, acknowledging the Receipt of my Letters of the 31st of August, 3d of September, and Duplicate of the 8th of August . . .
Also your letter of the 20th of October inclosing a printed Copy of the Kings Order in Counsil prohibiting the...
Date: 15 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
Upon the faith of the general Laws of Society, and imagining Myself in the King's Dominions, I Yesterday did Myself the Pleasure to spend the Evening with some Gentlemen of your Town, when to my great Surprize I was informed that some of your People intended to attack and insult me; Conscious to Myself, I never gave any Cause of Offence to any Person, and that it must be my Office they meant to...
Date: 15 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
Sir I think every Intelligence however trifling, relating to the King's Service, proper for your Information, which is an Apology for the following, ー Last Night I was sitting at Mr. [George] Romes, with some Gentlemen of the Town of Newport, when a Man came into the House and said there was a Mob raising with an Intent to tarr and feather the Captain of the Man of War, and the Man of the House...
Date: 15 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
I wrote you Yesterday by Mr Clements, have only to add that I have drawn on you in favour of Sam Belden in Two Orders to the Amo of £248, 8, 5 pay 30 Days Sight and hope by that time you will be in Cash to pay them. You must Send me Eight or Nine Casks of powder by the first opper. If I Should want Four or Five hundred Casks do you think it may be had in St Eustatia or Curraso. Should be Glad you...
Date: 15 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
The only distinction between freedom and slavery consists in tis: In the former state, a man is governed by the laws to which he has given his consent, either in person, or by his representative: In the latter, he is governed by the will of another. In the one case his life and property are his own, in the other, they depend upon the pleasure of a master. It is easy to discern which of these two...
Date: 15 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
Dear Sir I am favord with yours of July 10th & am much obliged by the consignmt of 4 hhds of Tobo P Roman for which I hope shortly to transmit you satisfactory sales
You will in all probability be a gainer by the Tobo you have left in the Country of the old crop, since there is almost an absolute certainty of the price rising greatly here upon yr exportation stoping in Septr, which I presume...
Date: 15 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
On Wednesday last [December 14] after 12 o'clock, an insurrection suddenly took place in town and immediately proceeded to his Majesty's castle, attacked, overpowered, wounded and confined the Captain, and thence took away all the King's powder. Yesterday numbers more assembled, and last night brought off many cannon, &c, and about sixty muskets. This day the town is full of armed men, who...
Date: 16 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
We have been in confusion here for two days, on account of an express from Boston, informing that two Regiments were coming to take possession of our Fort; by beat of drum, two hundred men immediately assembled and went to the Castle, in two gondolas, who on their way were joined by one hundred and fifty more, and demanded the surrender of the Fort, which Captain [John] Cochran refused, and fired...
Date: 16 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
I have this moment received by Express a Letter from Captain [James] Wallace of his Majesty's Ship Rose, at Rhode Island, a Copy of which, and of the Minutes of their General Assembly mentioned therein with the Newport Mercury, I transmit for your Information;2 At present it appears to me of infinite consequence to guard the passages by Sea to the Town of Providence, where the...
Date: 16 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
Late this Evening by Express the Admiral received a Letter from Governor [John] Wentworth of New Hampshire residing at Portsmouth, that near Four hundred people had forcibly taken possession of his Majesty's Fort William and Mary and by Violence carried away upwards of 100 Barrels of Gunpowder, that he was apprehensive of their commiting farther Outrage, and desired immediate Assistance. Hereupon...
Date: 16 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
Since our last arrived the Boyne man of war, of 70 guns, from England.
The marines, 500 in number, who arrived in the Asia man of war, from England, are to land and go into barracks, in this town, now preparing for their reception.
Date: 16 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
Last friday [December 9] all the cannon belonging to Fort George at Newport, except 4, were carried to Providence, with the shot, &c. from whence they may be easily conveyed into any part of the country, to meet the Indians and Canadians, with which the Colonies are threatened: ー And on tuesday last [December 13] the cannon belonging to the battery in this town, were removed into the country...
Date: 16 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
On Wednesday last [December 14] a Drum and fife [pervaded] the streets of Portsmouth, accompanied by several Committee-men, and the Sons of Liberty, publickly avowing their intention of taking possession of Fort William and Mary, which was garrisoned by six invalids. After a great number of people had collected together, they embarked on board scows, boats, &c. entered the Fort, seized the...
Date: 17 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
Decem: 1774
Saturday 17
Moor'd off the Fort, Piscataqua River
at 1 AM weighed [in Boston Harbor] and came to Sail, at ½ past 3 Abreast of Boston light, at Noon Thatchers Isld S S W 3 Leags Pigeon Hill S W b W 4 Leagues
PM ½ pt 3 Isle of Shoals NE b N, at 4 do Isle E N E, at 8 S.E. Calm Piscataqua light bearg N b W, at 9 a light breeze Sprung up at Wt at 11 Anchd within the Fort of Piscataqua...
Date: 17 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
When I had the honor to converse with You on the subject of the Marines lately ordered from England, I understood You had settled it with me, that all the supernumerary Marines shou'd land under the Command of Major [John] Pitcairne; and on that account Quarters have been preparing for their reception. But Major Pitcairne informs me, that you are not fixed in the design of landing them,...
Date: 17 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
The committee finding upon enquiry that one of the slaves imported by Hereld Blackmore, was ordered after the publication of the resolves of the provincial convention of this province, and in contradiction thereto, and that he had at that time an opportunity to contradict the orders he had given for the other slaves, and he now confessing that he sent a copy of the provincial resolves to Granada...
Date: 17 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
. . . the Six days past Since my arrival here have been almost wholly taken up in receiving the kind compliments of my friends & in return paying my respects to them & before this Ceremony is quite over I have a Call to the Country Some 30 Miles distance, where my favorite Overseer lies dangerously Ill, & of course the Contents of the Barn in danger of delapedations from the...
Date: 17 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1
Sir After I had left you in Birmingham in October last I had reason to apprehend the people of this as well as of 12 other Colonies on this Continent would voluntarily debar themselves of the benefit of Importing Goods from Great Britain until those oppressive Acts of Parliament which were passed by the late House Should be repealed & therefore I delayed any directions for the investiture of...
Date: 17 December 1774
Volume: Volume 1