Cost of Outfitting the Continental Ship Alfred, December 30, 1775

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Philadelphia Decemr 30: 1775

Stephen Hopkins Esqr

For the Ship Alfred

Fitted as a Ship of War

		524 days	a 8/	209 . 12 .. ー
James Day 13 a	7/6	13	a 7/6	4 . 17 .. 6
Roger Herle 37 a	7/	37	a 7/	12 . 19 .. ー
Abel Lee	11
Norman McLeod	7
Saml Harman	9
		is 27	a 6/	8 .. 2 .. ー
John Cohoon 5 a 5/				1 .. 5 .. ー
Alexr Craig & Mate Sawyers		11	a 11/	6 .. 1 .. ー
5 Stages each 2 days			a 13/6	1 .. 5 .. ー
4 Potts & Ladle 2 do			7/6	.15 .. ー
Wharfage Heaving down & Capston				1 .. 5 .. ー
				£246 .. 1 .. 6

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	Amount brought over		246 .. 1 .. 6
To	133 feet of 1 Inch boards a 2d	£ 1 .. 2 .. 2
	1056 feet of 2 Inch planks a 4d	17 . 12 .. 0
	914 do 2½ Inch do a 5d	19 .. 0 . 10
	463 do 3 Inch do a 6d	11 .. 11 .. 6
	288 do 3½ Inch do a 7d	8 .. 8 .. ー
	186 do 4 Inch do a 8d	6 .. 4 .. 0
	24 do 4½ Inch do a 9d	18 .. ー
	62 do 6 Inch do for Combings 12d	3 .. 2 .. ー
	54 lb of Oakum a 4d	.. 18 .. ー
	8 Tar bbls a 2/ & 10 poles a 9d	1 .. 3 .. 6
	1 Ps in the Keel	2 .. 6
	6 Knees a 10/ & 8 Knees a 4/	4 . 12 .. ー
	Bellfree Top and Cheeks	1 . 15 .. ー
	Axeltree for Bell	.. 2 .. ー
	Partners for the Capstan	2 . 10 .. ー
	Whelps for ditto 30/ & barrel for do 10/	2 .. ー .. ー
	Sweep for the Tiller	.. 15 .. ー
	Blocks for the Tiller Rope	.. 8 .. ー
	2 bitts and Cross Pieces	3 . 10 .. ー
	1 pr of Gallows bitts & Top	2 . 15 .. ー
	1 pr of Bitts abaft the Main Mast	.. 15 .. ー
	2 head Ledges a 7/6	.. 15 .. ー
	20 Staunchions in the Waist a 5/	5 .. ー .. ー
	2 Catheads a 22/6	2 .. 5 .. ー
	10 feet of Anchor Stocks 2/	1 .. ー .. ー
	2 Boat Chocks a 10/	1 .. ー .. ー
	2 ps ofStuff for Bow Chaise ports on deck	.. 5 .. ー
	Sundry Augurs	. 14 .. ー
	paid Portage of Capstan & Sundrys	.. 2 .. 6
To	Joshua Humphreys Attendance	15 ..ー ..ー	114 .. 16 .. 0
			£ 360 .. 17 .. 6

bill deliver'd Dated Jany 4: 1776.

1. Joshua Humphreys, Ship Yard Accounts (Ledger D), HSP.

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