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Sir I have just received a Letter dated on board his Britannic Majesty's Ship the Seaford with the Honour of your Signature.
The demand, or if it may be so qualified, request therein made is of so Extraordinary, so unprecedented a kind, that its author must Certainly rather have supposed me totally unacquainted with the just rights and franchises of my Masters; or wicked enough to betray the...
Date: 10 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
You are hereby required and directed to proceed forthwith in His Majesty's Ship Seaford under your Command, to Prince Ruperts Bay at the Island of Dominica, and there use all possible dispatch to Compleat her Wood and Water, and as soon as that is finished, you are to proceed off the Island Curassou and Cruize about that and the adjacent Islands to intercept and take as Prize of War all such...
Date: 18 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
You are hereby required and directed to proceed forthwith to Sea in his Majesty's Ship the Seaford, under your Command; and Cruize among the Leeward Charibbe Islands, Viz off S Eustatia, St Martins, St Bartholomew, and St Croix, and are to use your utmost endeavours to intercept and make Capture of all Ships and Vessels belonging to or Owned by any of the Inhabitants of the associated Colonies in...
Date: 17 November 1776
Volume: Volume 7
Sir, Lieutenant Tinsley will deliver you herewith a Letter from me to the Governor of St Eustatia, (Copy of which and a Memorial that occasioned it, are inclosed for your perusal and Government,) and I am to desire you will immediately proceed to St Eustatia, and deliver said Letter to the Governor, and obtain his answer thereto. I would a1so have you talk with the Governor on the Subject of said...
Date: 14 December 1776
Volume: Volume 7
Sir, I have duly received your very acceptable Letter of this date and have the pleasure of Congratulating you upon your safe Arrival in His Brittannic Majesty's Ship of War the Seaford in the road of this Island, & hope I shall have the Honor of receiving the dispatches of His Excellency Vice Admiral Young from your hand to morrow forenoon any Hour you will be pleased to mention.
I am much...
Date: 16 December 1776
Volume: Volume 7
You are hereby required and directed to proceed forthwith to Sea in His Majesty's Ship Seaford under Your Command and Cruize between the Latitudes of 13 to 15 North & Longitude 57 to 60 West, where you are to use your best Endeavours to make Capture of any Privateers Armed Vessels, or Trading Vessels belonging to the American Rebels you can meet with, pursuant to the General Orders you have...
Date: 17 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
Having appointed you Captain of His Majesty's Ship Seaford at Portsmouth which we have order'd to be fitted & stored at that place for a Voyage to North America mann'd with One hundred & fifty Men & victualled for six Months with all Species of Provisions except Beer, of which she is to have as much as she can conveniently stow, and to be supplied with a proportion of Wine or Spirits...
Date: 9 November 1775
Volume: Volume 3