The Baxter Manuscripts volume 11
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I should be glad to be informed of the general principle & mode of Exchanges that is adopted by the State.
Brigadier Gushing still remains a prisoner at Bigwaduce. I beg leave to ask if there is no prisoner in the State or Con- OF THK STATE OF MAINE 367 tinental parole, or otherwise, that would make a suitable ex- change? The Brig'' is very desirous to be exchanged, & de- sires to know what Eank he ought to hold with a Continental officer.
There have been a considerable number of Coasters & sma...ll Fishermen taken on this Coast of late, & principally by two small Cruisers, commanded by Fullerton & Pomeroy, who lately escaped from Boston Goal On the fourth Inst: I sent off a small detachment of 12 men in a whale Boat for Machias under the direction of Capt. Prebble, who is lately from that Post by order of Col° Allan, It was not in my power to send CoP Allan the men he urged for & expected.
The Inclosed is a Eeturn of the Troops under my Command. I have the honour to be Sir with Respect & Esteem Your most humble Serv*^ Peleg Wadsworth B G Petition of Stephen Longfellow, State of the Massachusetts Bay ] To the Honb"" the Councill \ & House of Representatives Cumberlands J of s^ State: Stephen Longfellow late of Falmouth in s** County Esq"" humbly shews — that his Son Cap' Sam' Longfellow late of s'' Falmouth having return'' from Sea just before the burn- ing of that Town the Vessell whereof he was Master being hall'd into the wharf was burnt at that Time, by means whereof & Navigation being then Dull he was thrown out of business and continued so imtil the latter End of the Year 1777 at which Time having obtained Letters of Recom- mendation from some Gentlemen in Falmouth to M"" Corne- 368 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY liiis Duraiit of the Island of S^ Croix in the West Indies Mereh' he took Passage there in order to get Business he was soon put in Mate of a Vessell — made one Voyage and re- turn'd to S^ Croix again and was then put in Master of a small Sloop & Cruis'd among the West India Islands, After this Viz' in the fall of the Year 1Y78 he got to be Master of another Sloop and went to Virginia & has been constantly imploy'd from Virginia to the West Indies ever since till last Chrismas saving when he was driven on Shore or taken by the British Vessells which has happened two or three Times, last Christmas he came to Virginia very sick & remained so all last Winter and Spring insomuch that his Physicians ad- vised him to come to the Northward for his Health but as he was bound hither he had the misfortune once more to be taken by the Britons and carried into ISTew York & there he now is a Prisoner very weak and Low if alive — But it so happens that notwithstanding he has I am persuaded never so much as had the least intention to go over to Join the Enemy, yet his name is inserted in the Law that is made against those that have — His Case is very singular by the Britons he is taken and treated as an Enemy and kept a Prisoner there; and by the Authority of this State accus'd of having joind them & the severest punishments awaits him here — I think I can truly say that there is no Judicious Person this Way that has heard of his Transactions since he left Home but think his ]Srames being inserted among those who had join'd the Enemy was an Error — Wherefore I humbly request he may have permission from your Honours to return Home for recovery of his Health and to make his Innocence appear, and as in Duty bound shall ever pray — Stephen Longfellow in Behalf of his Son Gorham Aug* 10'" 1780 OF THE STATE OF MAINE 369 In Council Sep' 12' 1780 Read & Ordered that Samuel Niles Esq with such as the Hon'''° House shall join be a Committee to take into Con- sideration this Petition together with the Papers Accom- panying the same to report what may be proper to be done thereon Sent down for Concurrence John Avery D Secy.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I should be glad to be informed of the general principle & mode of Exchanges that is adopted by the State.
Brigadier Gushing still remains a prisoner at Bigwaduce. I beg leave to ask if there is no prisoner in the State or Con- OF THK STATE OF MAINE 367 tinental parole, or otherwise, that would make a suitable ex- change? The Brig'' is very desirous to be exchanged, & de- sires to know what Eank he ought to hold with a Continental officer.
There have been a considerable number of Coasters & sma...ll Fishermen taken on this Coast of late, & principally by two small Cruisers, commanded by Fullerton & Pomeroy, who lately escaped from Boston Goal On the fourth Inst: I sent off a small detachment of 12 men in a whale Boat for Machias under the direction of Capt. Prebble, who is lately from that Post by order of Col° Allan, It was not in my power to send CoP Allan the men he urged for & expected.
The Inclosed is a Eeturn of the Troops under my Command. I have the honour to be Sir with Respect & Esteem Your most humble Serv*^ Peleg Wadsworth B G Petition of Stephen Longfellow, State of the Massachusetts Bay ] To the Honb"" the Councill \ & House of Representatives Cumberlands J of s^ State: Stephen Longfellow late of Falmouth in s** County Esq"" humbly shews — that his Son Cap' Sam' Longfellow late of s'' Falmouth having return'' from Sea just before the burn- ing of that Town the Vessell whereof he was Master being hall'd into the wharf was burnt at that Time, by means whereof & Navigation being then Dull he was thrown out of business and continued so imtil the latter End of the Year 1777 at which Time having obtained Letters of Recom- mendation from some Gentlemen in Falmouth to M"" Corne- 368 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY liiis Duraiit of the Island of S^ Croix in the West Indies Mereh' he took Passage there in order to get Business he was soon put in Mate of a Vessell — made one Voyage and re- turn'd to S^ Croix again and was then put in Master of a small Sloop & Cruis'd among the West India Islands, After this Viz' in the fall of the Year 1Y78 he got to be Master of another Sloop and went to Virginia & has been constantly imploy'd from Virginia to the West Indies ever since till last Chrismas saving when he was driven on Shore or taken by the British Vessells which has happened two or three Times, last Christmas he came to Virginia very sick & remained so all last Winter and Spring insomuch that his Physicians ad- vised him to come to the Northward for his Health but as he was bound hither he had the misfortune once more to be taken by the Britons and carried into ISTew York & there he now is a Prisoner very weak and Low if alive — But it so happens that notwithstanding he has I am persuaded never so much as had the least intention to go over to Join the Enemy, yet his name is inserted in the Law that is made against those that have — His Case is very singular by the Britons he is taken and treated as an Enemy and kept a Prisoner there; and by the Authority of this State accus'd of having joind them & the severest punishments awaits him here — I think I can truly say that there is no Judicious Person this Way that has heard of his Transactions since he left Home but think his ]Srames being inserted among those who had join'd the Enemy was an Error — Wherefore I humbly request he may have permission from your Honours to return Home for recovery of his Health and to make his Innocence appear, and as in Duty bound shall ever pray — Stephen Longfellow in Behalf of his Son Gorham Aug* 10'" 1780 OF THE STATE OF MAINE 369 In Council Sep' 12' 1780 Read & Ordered that Samuel Niles Esq with such as the Hon'''° House shall join be a Committee to take into Con- sideration this Petition together with the Papers Accom- panying the same to report what may be proper to be done thereon Sent down for Concurrence John Avery D Secy.
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