Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Volume 8Naval History Division, Department of the Navy, 1980 - Government publications In the tradition of the preceding volumes - the first of which was published in 1964 - this work synthesizes edited documents, including correspondence, ship logs, muster rolls, orders, and newspaper accounts, that provide a comprehensive understanding of the war at sea in the spring of 1778. The editors organize this wide array of texts chronologically by theater and incorporate French, Italian, and Spanish transcriptions with English translations throughout. |
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Page 8 - America, to be paid to the said or his certain attorney, executors, administrators, or assigns: to which payment well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents.
Page 52 - Ship called the whereof is Master for this present Voyage and now riding at Anchor in the and bound for to say being marked and numbered as in the Margin, and are to be delivered...
Page 700 - Captain and you are also to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from time to time receive from...
Page 581 - Be it enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in the present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same...
Page 275 - Act, sealed and bearing date as of any day prior to the day of the actual sealing thereof, shall be of the same force and validity as if they had been sealed on the day as of which the same are expressed to be sealed and bear date...
Page 428 - Third, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four.
Page 941 - States, than sending her out directly, Captain Jones is instructed to obey your orders ; and, to save repetition, let him lay before you the instructions we have given him, and furnish you with a copy thereof. You can then judge what will be necessary for you to direct him in ; and whatever you do will be approved, as it will undoubtedly tend to promote the public service of this country.
Page 671 - ... of brass, and thirty thousand fusils, with other munitions of war in great abundance, had been taken out of the king's magazines for the purpose of exportation to America, the Minister, in our presence, affected to know nothing of that operation, and claimed no merit to his Court on that account. But he intimated to us, that it would be well taken, if we communicated with no other person about the Court concerning our affairs, but himself, who would be ready, at all convenient times, to confer...
Page 720 - Majesty, or of any foreign state in amity with his Majesty; and also shall duly and truly pay or cause to be paid to his Majesty, or the customers or officers appointed to receive the same for his Majesty, the usual customs due to his Majesty of and for all ships and goods, so as aforesaid...
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| Title | Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Volume 8 Naval Documents of the American Revolution, United States. Naval History Division |
| Author | United States. Naval History Division |
| Editors | William Bell Clark, William James Morgan, Michael J. Crawford |
| Contributors | John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Ernest M. Eller |
| Publisher | Naval History Division, Department of the Navy, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2007 |
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