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I the Subscriber late of the City and Colony of New-York, but now residing in Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island &c. request your Honor to grant a Commission or Letters of Marque and Reprisal to me as Commander of the Schooner Defiance of which I am Owner, She is burthened about Fifty Tons carries Four Carriage Guns Three Pounders and Eight Swivel Guns, manned with Fifty Men, and fitted...
Date: 16 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Sir Youll Please to repair on board the Armd Schooner Eagle, belonging to me ー as Commander in chief ー and there behave yourself according to your Instructions given by Congress ー you are hereby Order'd to sea in said schooner under your command ー There remain four mont[hs] (if nothing happens which will cause your return) Cruizing for any Vessel, or property of Great Britain Youll sail from the...
Date: 16 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6