873 A, FE. Verrill— The Bermuda Islands. 461 
Pennsylvania—Committee [or Council] of Safety. Minutes. June 30, 1775, to 
November 12, 1776. Vol. x, p. 277-784. Harrisburg, 1852. 8vo. 
At the 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 [Ibs.]. . . . 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. 541, 544. 
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,* June 20, 1610. 
Right Honorable 
May yt please yo" 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 storme or hurricane which sundred all the 
fleete & on St Jame’s daye beinge the 25 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°" time) wee 
sawe the Iland of Bermuda, wheare our ship liethe vpon the rocke, a quarter of 
a mile distant from the shoare wheare wee saved all our liues & afterwards 
saued much of our goodes, but all our bread was wet & lost. We continewed 
in this Iland from the 28th Julie vntill the 10 of Maie In w* time we built ij 
small Barkes to carrie our people to Virginia which in number whare 140 men 
& woemen at the coming to the land Wee dep.ted from the Bermuda the 12 
* MS., Colonial, 1574-1611, vol. i. 
