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Title: Hooper, Stephen to John Reynell and Samuel Coates, 1776 February 20, 23; No. 551 Stephen Hooper to John Reynell and Samuel Coates
Identifier(s): text:348869
Description: Discusses mercantile matters; mentions the arrival of articles "so Assentially necessary for our safety and Defence" and expresses hope that "the Unhappy, Unnatural War" may be speedily concluded without more bloodshed; mentions the capture of a vessel by a privateer from Newburyport; comments that because of preparations being made at Cam bridge, [Mass.], an attack on Boston is expected, which "does not forbode a reconciliation, w[hi]ch appears. . . most Salutary for both Sides"; mentions the prospect of trade being opened.
Subject: Privateering; Reynell, John, 1708-1784; Coates, Samuel, 1748-1830
Date: 1776 February 20, 23; 2022

Title: Memorial to James Madison concerning his ship of slaves which was captured and sold in Cuba, 1808 July 28
Identifier(s): text:347291
Description: Charleston, D.S. 1p.and end.by T.Jefferson with a statement on U.S.policy on slavery. Presented by Morris Duane; Nov. 26, 1963. The Semiramis was one of South Carolina merchant Samuel Grove's slave ships that was involved in the legal slave trade to Charleston in 1807. The Semiramis was captured on December 15, 1807 off Cape Maize (the straights between Cuba and Florida) by the Le Reparateur. This vessel was a privateer that was apparently owned by a Spanish subject but operated under a letter of marque issued by General Louis Ferrand - the commander of French forces on the Eastern half of the island of Hispaniola, then waging the final phases of the Haitian War for Independence. The Le Reparateur brought the Semiramis and her cargo of enslaved individuals to Santiago, Cuba, where the individuals were sold into slavery and the proceeds of the sale (apparently $126,000) awarded to the owners of the privateer. General physical description: 12-3/4x7-3/4 Other Descriptive Information: See NY Evening Post, 1808 February 15. Capture of the slave ship Semiramis.
Subject: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Charleston (S.C.); Santiago de Cuba (Cuba); Slave traders; Slave ships; Slavery; Privateering
Date: 1808-07-28

Title: Devens, Richard to Eldrige "Elbridge Gerry," 1776 May 7; No. 270 Richard Devens to Eldrige "Elbridge Gerry"
Identifier(s): text:347132
Description: Discusses canvas for tents, saltpetre, and powder; informs him about repairs on fortifications in the vicinity of Boston and mentions that people in the neighboring towns "in great numbers work Voluntarily & find their own provision"; remarks: "We were left in a very naked Situation both as to men and ammunition"; informs him that an American privateer captured two brigs "Almost from under the Cannon of the Man of War"; informs him about a report that no fleet from England has arrived at Halifax, [N.S.] and that the people there dismantled the fort and broke the cannon for fear the Americans would get possession of them.
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; Privateering; Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814
Date: 1776 May 7; 2021

Title: Huntington, Jedediah to Andrew Huntington, 1776 August 6; No. 585 Jedediah Huntington to Andrew Huntington
Identifier(s): text:349002
Description: Informs him that the Americans are sinking a chevaux de frise in the "North" [Hudson] River opposite their fort at Kings Bridge, [N.Y.] in order to prevent passage of British vessels; mentions that fire ships are being prepared but remarks that their success depends on many contingencies; informs him that the British fleet now consists of between 150-200 vessels and mentions that Hessian troops and troops from Halifax, [N.S.] have arrived; informs him that new levies from New England and from the Southern colonies are arriving daily and estimates that the Americans' strength is at least double that of the enemy; expresses interest in obtaining a share in a privateer; [postscript]: informs him that John Trumbull wrote from Ticonderoga, [N.Y.] on 26 July that "they begin to be in a hopeful Way."
Creator: Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818et al
Subject: Hessian soldiers in the American Revolution; Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.); Privateering; Huntington, Andrew, 1745-1824; Trumbull, Jonathan, 1710-1785
Date: 1776-08-06; 2022

Title: Huntington, Jedediah to Jabez Huntington, 1775 December 4; No. 588 Jedediah Huntington to Jabez Huntington
Identifier(s): text:349018
Description: Informs him that a privateer commanded by Capt. [John] Manly captured a British brig [the Nancy] that was laden with almost every kind of ordnance that is needed and describes the cargo; mentions that the new regiments fill up slowly and that many men are determined to leave the service; informs him that the enemy in Boston moved all their cannon to oppose the Americans on Cobble Hill; informs him about conferences on the lines that are "very Friendly in Appearance," about the arrival of American reinforcements, about prices of provisions, and about a general inoculation for smallpox in Boston; mentions that Gen. [ John] Burgoyne will return to England.
Creator: Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818et al
Subject: Privateering; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; Smallpox; Smallpox--Vaccination--Early works to 1800; Huntington, Jabez, 1719-1786; Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792
Date: 1775-12-04; 2022

Title: Huntington, Jedediah to Jabez Huntington, 1775 November 11; No. 587 Jedediah Huntington to Jabez Huntington
Identifier(s): text:348946
Description: Describes a skirmish at Lechmere Point between a British foraging party and American troops; discusses his own wife's health; informs him about a report that an American privateer captured a vessel from Ireland that was loaded with provisions.
Creator: Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818et al
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; Privateering; Huntington, Jabez, 1719-1786
Date: 1775-11-11; 2022