Provisions from St. Augustine for H.M. Sloop Tamar and H.M. Armed Ship Cherokee, January 11, 1776

Document

Transcription

His Excellency Governor [Patrick] Tonyn For the Use of His Majestys Ships Tamar & Cherokee lying at Charlestown

Dr To William Alexander

1776
Jany 11th	For 9	Barls Pork abt 210 lb each	a 70/p Barl	31 10 ー
	4	Trces Beef abt 300 lb each	a 80/p Trce	16 ーー
	7	Barls Peas contg 24½ Bushl	a 6/p Bushl	7 7 ー
	6	Firkins Butter 360 lb	a 9/p lb	13 10
	115	Gallons Rum	a 3/6 p Galn	20 2 6
	223	Ditto	a 4/9 p do	52 19 3
	4696	lb Flour	a 22/ p 100w	51 13 2
		Baking into 3815 lb Buscuit	a 8/ p 100	15 5 3
		paid for Casks to pack the Biscuits	a 1 each	1 16 ー
			Sterling £	210 3 2

[1st endorsement] Received St Augustine 13th January 1776 of His Excellency Governor Tonyn Two Hundred & Ten Pounds three Shillings & two pence Sterling in full for the above Accot by a Sett of Bills on the Honble the Commissioners for victualling His Majestys Navy

William Alexander

[2d endorsement] We the Underwriters being Merchants and Inhabitants of St Augustine, Do Certify, That, The above Provisions were purchased & bought at the lowest Market price of this place, as expressaed against each Specie of said Provisions ー

Given under our Hands the 13th day of January 1776

R Payne Will^m McLeod

1. PRO, Colonial Office, 5/556, 215.

Document Information

Date

1776 January 11

Volume

Volume 3

Ships

Series

American Theatre from January 1, 1776, to February 18, 1776

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

Provisions from St. Augustine for H.M. Sloop Tamar and H.M. Armed Ship Cherokee, January 11, 1776

Document

Similar Documents