A. E. Verrill — The Bermuda Islands. 873 



Pennsylvania — Committee [or Council] of Safety. Minutes. June 30, 1775, to 

 November 12, 1776. Vol. x, p. 277-784. Harrisburg, 1852. 8™ 



At tbe meeting of September 20, 1775, " Colo. Dickinson, agreeable to a resolve 

 of the Congress, applyed to this board for a state of the account of Powder 

 between this board & the Congress, when he was furnished with the following 

 account." In the account which follows appears the following credit entry : 

 ; ' Aug't 6. — By Sundry Casks of Powder imported in the Lady, Capt. Ord, from 

 Bermuda, 1800 [lbs.]. . . . N. B. — There was upwards of 7 cwt. of the powder 

 imported from Bermuda that was not fit to use." — p. 340-341. 



At the meeting of November 25, 1775, it was resolved to enter upon the min- 

 utes of the Committee the Resolves of Congress of the 22d November, 1775. for 

 the relief of the Inhabitants of Bermuda, which was done. It was "Resolved, 

 That this Board request the Committee of Inspection and observation to see 

 the Resolve of Congress (inserted this day) carried into execution, granting per- 

 mission to Edward Stiles to Load with Provisions the Sea Nymph, Samuel Stobel, 

 Master, for Bermuda, p. 411-414." — Cole, Bibliography. 



Letter of Admiral George Somers. See pp. 51f.l, 5^. 



The quaint letter of Admiral Somers, in regard to the wreck of 

 the Sea Venture, the rescue of the people, and their arrival in Vir- 

 ginia, is remarkable for its conciseness, and for the absence of any 

 reference to his own courageous efforts and personal hardships, which 

 the other writers of his company speak of in the strongest terms. 



It also gives a clear idea of the starving condition of the colonists 

 at Jamestown, at that time, and his courageous attempt to reach 

 Bermuda in his small pinnace to obtain provisions for them. 



Sir George Somers to the Earl of Salisbury * Jane 20, 1610. 



Right Honorable 



May yt please yo r good honor to bee advertised that sithence our dep.ture out 

 of England in goinge to Virginia about some 200 leagues from the Bermoodas 

 wee weare taken with a verie greate storm e or hurricane which sundred all the 

 fleete & on S l Jame's daye beinge the 23 of Julie wee had such a leake in our 

 ship insomuch that there was in her 9 ffoote of water before wee knewe of any 

 such thinge wee pumped with ij pumpes and bailed in iij or iiij places with cer- 

 taine Barrackoos & and then wee kept 100 men alwaies workinge night and daie 

 from the 23rd vntill the 28th of the same Julie being ffridaie (at w ch time) wee 

 sawe the Hand of Bermuda, wheare our ship liethe vpon the rocke, a quarter of 

 a mile distant from the shoare wheare wee saved all our hues & afterwards 

 saued much of our goodes, but all our bread was wet & lost. We continewed 

 in this Hand from the 28th Julie vntill the 10 of Maie In w ch time we built ij 

 small Barkes to carrie our people to Virginia which in number whare 140 men 

 & woemen at the coming to the Hand Wee dep.ted from the Bermuda the 12 



* MS., Colonial, 1574-1611, vol. i. 



