Captain Allen Hallet to Massachusetts Council, July 11, 1778

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To the Hon^ble. Councill—
Gentlemen,

Being informed that your Honnors have been pleased to place Confidence in & appointed me to the Command of the Brig Tyrannicide,¹ fitted out as a ~~Privateer~~ by this State, I would beg leave humbly to inform your Honnours that I am fully sensible of the Honnor conferr'd upon me, & assure your Honnors that every thing in my Power, shall be contributed with chearfulness to the support of the common cause, & that I accept of said Appointment with pleasure—I am Yr Honnors [&c.]

Allen Hallet²

Boston July 11. 1778—

In Council July 10^h. Read & Ordered that Cap^t. Allen Hallet be Commissiond to the Command of the Brig^t. Tyrannicide agreeable to his Rank—

Jn^o. Avery D^y. Se^y.

L, M-Ar, Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 168 (Revolution Council Papers, 1777–1778), fol. 441. Addressed on cover: “To/The Hon^ble: Council—/Boston." Docketed: “Letter from Allen Hallet/ respecting his being appointed/to Command the Arm'd Brig/Tyranicide—/July 11^th. 1778; 314/ Allen Hallet's acceptance/of the Appointment made him/as Cap^t. of the Tyrannicide/July 10^th. 1778."

1. Massachusetts Navy brigantine Tyrannicide, formerly commanded by Capt. Jonathan Haraden. On 9 July the Council voted to appoint Hallet the new captain. He was the choice on nine of thirteen ballots. Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 22 (Council Records, January-October, 1778), p. 310.

2. Hallet had commanded Massachusetts Navy sloop Republic from Jan, 1777 until Apr. 1777. See Massachusetts Board of War to Hallet, 18 Jan. 1777, NDAR 7: 988–89, and Minutes of the Selectmen of Boston, 21 Apr. 1777, NDAR 8: 391–92.

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1778 July 11

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Volume 13

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American Theater, June 1 to August 15, 1778

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

Captain Allen Hallet to Massachusetts Council, July 11, 1778

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