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1776.
Mar. 4,
Henry Yelverton Price, charged with declaring himself a Tory, and inimical to the American cause, and not denying the truth of the charge, ordered to be confined in the County Jail,
719
5,
John Mitchell appointed Mustermaster to the Naval Armaments and the Artillery of the Province,
719
6,
Captain Brown ordered to raise fifty ablebodied men, for the Marine service of the Province,
719
His Instructions,
720
Second Lieutenants to the different Armed Boats appointed,
720
Captain Thomas Reed appointed second in command in the Naval Armaments of the Province, and Captain of the armed ship now building,
720
Survey of the Channel between Reedy-Point and the Pea-Patch, ordered,
720
Committee to superintend the Provincial Manufactory of Gun-locks,
720
7,
The Commodore directed to order down to Fort-Island three of the Armed Boats, to remain there until they are relieved,
721
8,
Application of the Secret Committee of Congress to lend them arms, cannot be complied with, as the Armed Boats are unprovided with arms; the Association is in a deplorable situation from the like cause, and the Province in general stripped of arms to supply the neighbouring Colonies,
722
9,
Captain Samuel Davidson appointed to command the Floating Battery,
722
Captains Richards, Falconer, and Reed, authorized to fix Signals for giving alarms at Cape Henlopen, and other proper places on the Bay and River Delaware,
722
12,
Guard ordered for the Jail; the Prisoners there, committed as enemies to the country, having raised a dangerous riot, assaulted the Keepers, and now stand on their defence, threatening to break the Jail and release all the Prisoners,
723
 
Guards ordered at the Powder-House, State-House, Fire-Rafts, and Magazine,
723
13,
Officers, prisoners of war, now in Philadelphia, required to repair to the places allotted for their residence by Congress,
724
The Chevaux-de-Frise, built at Gloucester, to be placed at Fort-Island,
724
Thomas Forrest appointed Captain of a Company of Marines, to be employed on board the Floating Battery,
724
14,
Advertisement requesting information from all persons of Sulphur Ore, in this or any neighbouring Colony,
725
15,
The Commissary ordered to distribute two hundred and fifteen Provincial Arms between the four Battalions now in Philadelphia,
726
16,
Instructions to Captain Thomas Forrest,
726
Regulations of Pay and Rations of Officers of the Naval Armament,
727
Committees in the different Counties requested to suffer Mr. Smith to send the Arms he has purchased to Virginia,
727
Agreement with Thomas Bidwell for refining crude Saltpetre,
727
18,
Commodore Caldwell directed to send Officers on the Recruiting Service to New-York,
728
19,
Orders with respect to the Ammunition and Arms of the several Battalions in the City,
728
20,
Francis Feauss and Edward Yorke appointed Lieutenants to the Provincial Ship,
729
21,
Pay of Officers on board the Provincial Ship,
729
22,
Certificate to Messrs. Knight & Green, that they are authorized to import from North-Carolina six hundred barrels of Naval Stores,
729
23,
Committee to agree with William Henry for making two hundred Rifles,
729
25,
Thirty stand of Arms furnished the Brigantine Lexington, Captain Barry, in the Continental service, fitting out for the protection of the Trade of the coast,
730
Henry Yelverton Price discharged from confinement; but if found in the City after three days to be recommitted,
730
Committee to fix on proper places upon the River Delaware for erecting Fortifications,
730
1776.
Mar. 26,
William Gamble appointed Captain to the Etna Fire-Ship, and William Greenway Captain to one of the Fire-Rafts,
730
Provincial Ship-of-War to be called the Montgomery, and the Floating Battery to be called the Arnold,
730
Information received that a Sloop-of-War with a Tender has entered the Bay,
731
Orders for the Armed Boats and the Artillery to prepare for the defence of the River,
731
30,
Committee to look out for two Vessels to sink in the passage between the Chevaux-de-Frise,
732
31,
Vessel sent to bring back McBean and Davidson, on their way to the Man-of-War in the Bay, with a Pilot-Boat,
733
Apr. 1
Mr. McBean brought before the Committee, examined and discharged,
733
2,
Orders for the arrest of Samuel Sample, of Pittsburgh, suspected of a connection with Connolly, a prisoner in Jail, dangerous to the liberty of America,
734
Committee to procure a Vessel proper to fit out as a cruiser in Delaware Bay, against the Ministerial Armed Tenders now obstructing the commerce of this Province,
734
3,
Application to the Congress for proper Vessels to protect the Trade in the Bay of Delaware, now infested with Armed Vessels of the enemy,
734
4,
Pilot Boats prohibited from going down the River without a permit,
735
6,
Further provision for obstructing the Channel of the River,
735
Charles Lawrence appointed Captain of one tier of Fire-Rafts,
735
8,
John M. Fatridge appointed Second Lieutenant of the Floating Battery,
735
9,
Mr. Hillegas, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Rittenhouse, added to the Committee of Safety,
736
10,
Matthew Clarkson appointed Marshall to the Court of Admiralty,
737
11,
David Rittenhouse added to the Cannon Committee,
737
12,
Captain Alexander permitted to quit the service, being offered the command of a Continental Vessel,
737
13,
Committee to provide for building a Powder Magazine,
738
15,
Privateer Sloop Congress allowed a Pilot, on condition of his being landed at Cape May,
739
16,
Jacob Hans appointed Captain to one tier of Fire-Rafts,
739
List of Committees of the Committee of Safety,
739
17,
Parole of Richard Bogar and John Draper, Officers of the British Armed Vessel taken by Captain Barry,
740
18,
John Young permitted to purchase, to be conveyed to Virginia, as many Fire-locks as will complete one thousand stand,
741
19,
Committee to superintend the building of a Floating Battery,
742
26,
Application to the Congress for a few pieces of the heaviest Cannon taken by Commodore Hopkins, at Providence,
743
27,
Rev. David Jones appointed Chaplain to Colonel Shea and Colonel Wayne’s Battalion,
743
29,
Captain Read, with the Provincial Ship Montgomery, ordered down the River to join the Commodore with the Armed Boats, to attack the Roebuck man-of-war,
744
30,
Committee to inquire into the cause of the Armed Boats' returning,
744
31,
Sisterhood of Bethlehem present a quantity of Linen Rags for the benefit of such as may be wounded in the service of their country,
744

CORRESPONDENCE, PROCEEDINGS, ETC.


Apr. 1,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to Charles Beatty,
745
1,
Letter from Maryland Council of Safety to the Committee for Talbot County,
745
1,
Letter from Henry Fisher to Pennsylvania Committee of Safety: Several Vessels taken by the King’s Ship the Roebuck, and her Boats and Tenders, in Delaware Bay,
745

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