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On the repeated representations of the English Ambassador at the Hague, a ship laden with powder and other ammunition now lying in Texel, bound for St. Eustatia, has been detained there, by order of the Government.
Date: 9 March 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I arrived last Evening in good Health with my Traveling companion, in spite of the bad roads and the hardships of passage. We began the Visit to the shipyards, and we shall immediately have a meeting with the best Builders in order to start the work; there is neither a lack of material nor of good labor; M B[aux] seems very satisfied with their way of working which he finds vastly Superior to...
Date: 27 February 1777
Volume: Volume 8
. . . I am assured, that fifty four sail have been taken, going from & to the Colonies, to & from St Eustatia in about Six Weeks; which has given the most sensible Shock to the Traders here — & stopped at once all the Adventures preparing for that quarter. . . .
Date: 5 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
. . .The Ship with Artillery at Marseilles has been pretendedly unloaded, but it is all a Trick — She will sail in a fortnight Orders are given, by Count Vergennes, that our Privateers shall be supplyed with Amunition &c, at Sea: & it is now resolved to vex England by every species of Contrariety. . . .
Date: 19 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9