Memorandum of an Agreement made the sixth Day of January, one Thousand seven Hundred and seventy six, By and Between the Honorable Philip Schuyler Esqr Major General in and Commanding the Forces of the United Colonies in the Northern Department of the First part and Jacob Hilton of the City of Albany and the several persons whose names are hereunto Subscribed and seals affixed of the second part.
The said parties of the second part each for himself doth hereby promise and agree that they respectively will immediately repair to Fort George, Ticonderoga and such other places in the province of New York or Quebec as General Schuyler shall direct and there Imploy themselves in Building and Constructing such and so many Batteaus other Vessels or Buildings, as by the said General Schuyler or such per son or persons as shall be by him appointed to superintend the said business shall be directed or required ー That they will during the time they shall be so employed Continue each day at their said Work and Employment between the Times following to witt, To begin their Work at sunrise and Continue at it till sunset excepting one Hour at Breakfast and one and an half Hour at Dinner ー That each of them shall and will find and provide Tools and Implements for the Carrying on the said work ー and that if any of the said parties of the second part shall Leave the said work and go from the post Where he shall be employed without the Leave of the Commanding officer of such post first obtained the party so going shall forfeit All the wages which shall then be due to him ー
In Consideration whereof General Schuyler promises & agrees that the said parties of the Second part shall have and receive The Wages following Vizt The said Jacob Hilton at and after the rate of Ten Shillings and each and every other of the said parties of the second part after the rate of Eight Shillings New York Currency for each Day they shall be in actual Employment in and about Constructing the said Vessels or other Buildings and That over and above those sums they shall several[ly] receive 1¼ lb pork or Beef and one and an half pound of Flour per Day four pints of peas per week one pint of molasses per week, half a pint of rum per Day That the said Wages shall Commence on the Day they Leave Albany ー That after Completing the said work, they shall respectively be Allowed Two days for returning if at Fort George, Four days if at Tionderoga and for any Farther distance from Albany at the rate of twenty Miles per day, And it is Further agreed between the said parties to these presents, that if it shall happen that any of the parties of the second part should be taken sick during the time which they shall be employed as above, they shall not be entitled to Wages for the Time they Abstain from Working by reason of sickness unless the Commanding officer of the past where they shall be stationed shall on application to him made refuse to discharge the persons taken sick and then they shall be Entitled to Wages from the Time of such refusal
Sealed and deliver'd by the parties of the Second part
