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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… sort. No officer shall salute any person whatsoever, nor fire a salute at any festival, except by directions from the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… much cost and labour, invented "an engine for quenching of fire, the like never seen before in this kingdom, which will …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… and that the next day there would be six more ready to fire; the mine was also to be fired, so that, in two days, it …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… of a new engine to clear water out of ships, and to quench fire in them, or in houses, and for draining mines, by a much …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… said waste lands with about eighteen soldiers armed with fire-locks and "baggonets," who all went near James Murray's … Hamilton made no answer but some of his men offering to fire, he forbade them till further . . . . enters the river …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… Broune, stating that "having performed the duty of chief fire-master, and bombadier, in bombarding the castle of …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… out of ships, much better than chain pumps, and to quench fire, and drain mines, and which is cheap to be made, easy to … of money. The payments include: 193 l. to Col. Gibson for "fire and candle" for Portsmouth; and 3,600 l. to Mons. … consisting, at present, only of five frigates and one fire ship, "and those most miserably out of repair;" and that …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… provided for the service in the West Indies, as chief fire-master at the allowance of 10 s. per diem. [ H.O. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… Being anchored in Ostend Road I ordered my gunner to fire across his forefoot to command him to strike, upon which … Diligence, the bomb-ships Kitchen and Salamander, and the fire-ships Vesuvius, Flame and St. Vincent. The following … and went to Coromandel, and ten Dutch ships, with two fire ships, went from Batavia in pursuit of them. They have …