Recruiting Expenses of Levi Young, Master of the Connecticut State Ship Oliver Cromwell, January 10, 1777

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Martha's Vineyard, Septr. 10th. 1776.

Ship, Oliver Cromwell,				To Levi Young	Dr.
[1776]
Sept	10th	To	Expences	at Edgartown, to inlist Men	£ 0	2	0
	11.	To	Do	Do	0	2	6
	12.	To	Do	Do	0	2	8
	13.	To	Do	Do	0	3	4
	14.	To	Do	Do	0	3	0
	16.	To	Do	Do	0	10	0
	17.	To	Do	at Tisbury, and Horsehire	0	10	6
	19.	To	Do	at Cape Codd	0	12	0
	20.	To	Do	Do	0	6	0
	21.	To	Do	Do	0	5	6
	22.	To	Do	Do	0	6	0
	23.	To	Do	Do	0	5	6
	24.	To	Do	Do	0	3	6
	25.	To	Do	for Boat & Man to Cape Cod from the Vineyard, 7 Days —	0	19	6
	26.	To	Do	at Tisbury to inlist Men	0	6	0
	27.	To	Do	Do	0	3	8
	28.	To	Do	Do	0	3	4
	30.	To	Do	Do	0	5	6
Octr	1st, 2d	To	Do	Do	0	16	4
	4th
	7th
	8.	To Boat Hire from the Vineyard to Bedford for Self & Men			0	15	0
		To	Cash paid	for three Dinners	0	3	6
	9.	To	Do	at Bedford for 3 Breakfasts	0	2	0
		To	Do	for 3 Dinners.	0	4	6
		To	Do	at Howland's Ferry	[illegible]
		To 3 Suppers & Lodgings at Newport			0	6	6
	10.	To 3 Breakfasts & Ferriages at Newport			0	4	6
		To Cash for 3 Dinners at South Kingston			0	4	6
		To Do for 3 Suppers & Lodgings at Westerly			0	4	6
	11.	To Do for 3 Breakfasts			0	3	0
		To Do paid at Groton, for Dinners & Ferriages			0	3	9
	14.	To boarding & lodging Jonathan Welding, William Garrick, & Joseph Thatcher, from this Day to Novr 22d			6	6	0
1777.
Jany	10.	To 2 Days Expence at Falmouth after Men			0	13	0
		To Suppers, Lodging, & Breakfast for Men at Swansey			1	10	0
		To Expences at Rehoboth			0	12	8
		To Ferriages at Providence			0	1	10
		To Suppers & Lodgings at Providence			0	16	10
		To Dinners at Plainfield			0	13	6
		To Suppers & Lodgings at Norwich			0	16	10
		To Breakfasts at Do			0	13	4
		To Dinners at New London			0	14	2
		To 12 Dinners for Men at my House (omitted)			0	14	2
1776.
Sept	24.	To Horse-Hire at Cape Cod, (omitted)			0	10	0
					—————
					£23	1	8
		To my Wages from Septr 10th 1776, to [blank]
		To Expences to the Vineyard to inlist Men (omitted)			1	16	0
					—————
					24	17	8

[Endorsed] The Within accot Examined and allowed Wages to be allowd at the Same Rate as at the time of Mr Yangs Entering on board the Ship Oliver Cromwell

John Deshon
Jo^s Hurlbut
Eben^r Ledyard

Com[mittee] ²

1. Conn. Arch., 1st Series, IX, 149a, 149b, ConnSL.

2. Marine Lieutenant Bela Elderkin's account of expenses incurred while recruiting Marines for the Oliver Cromwell is in Conn. Arch., 1st Series, IX, 147a, 147b, ConnSL.

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1777 January 10

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Volume 7

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American Theatre from January 1, 1777, to February 28, 1777

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

Recruiting Expenses of Levi Young, Master of the Connecticut State Ship Oliver Cromwell, January 10, 1777

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