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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… worse tobacco. Good ships, well fitted with men and guns, should be allowed to come and go as they please; and … was of putting on board H.M.S. Montague several old iron guns to be delivered to you. [ C.O. 138, 11. pp. 443, 444.] … the French force is, 15 sail of men of war, most 70 and 60 guns; 3,600 land soldiers of their regular troops from …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Bridgwater was marryed not an hour before the alarm guns were fired, to the best fortune here, Mrs. Bartlet, but … the bigness of the Royal Exchange, having about 40 great guns, and 150 men fit to bear arms, besides about 250 other … their prisoners; they broke the carriages of the great guns and spiked up most of them, some they tossed over the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… been engaged with 2 French ships off Porto Bell, one of 50 guns, formerly an English man of war called the Coventry, the other a larger ship, but had but between 30 and 40 guns, the former of which he took after a dispute with them …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Wm. Chalmers, Surgeon, and 40 or 50 soldiers more. 16 guns were mounted on the ramparts, and one fronting ye Maine … then they take pieces and barr of iron and old barrels of guns, and 1000 other instruments, which they put in the fire, …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… great want of these as well as of all stores for our great guns especially carriages, for those sent by Sir John … of which I am forced when there is occasion to mount any guns at Nevis to order them to be lodged in their carriages … the Trade, and that those ships might be one of fifty guns to give countenance, the rest to be small ones and …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Assembly for fitting out of a spy-boat, mounting of great guns, etc., we think they were very much in the wrong; and …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… cost the Government about 100,000) is mounted with 120 guns, and so strong, that it has never yet been attempted by …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… and platforms are very much out of order, most of the guns dismounted, stores and ammunition wanting everywhere …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… of it, hoisted the Danish flag and fixed sundry great guns, and upon the 27th returned, and all the people save the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… H.M.S. St. Albans, Capt. Francis Percy, and a frigat of 20 guns being designed convoy to Newfoundland, asks for … Elutheria and Harbour Island are here and I have taken the guns from the Fort at Harbour Island and we resolve to defend … have sent a sloop to Capt. Vernon in the Mary a ship of 60 guns and with him another of 40 now cruising off the Havana …