Agreement between the Committee for Building the Philadelphia Frigates and Wharton & Humphreys, January 29, 1776

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Cash		Dr To Carpenters Yard
	Received by John Warton of William West by the hands of Joshua Humphreys junr for the Stock remaining in the Yard this day which we sold to David Thomson Francis Grice Saml Penrose & William Pollard,² for the use & Accot of the Continental Congress ー viz ー

2 Poplar Logs a 10/ & 15/			1.. 5..ー
1 Cut water 50/.1 lower Stern piece 60/			5..10..ー
1 White Oak harpin ps 30/ 1 Stern Post knee 35/			3.. 5..ー
1 Stern Piece			5..ー..ー
sundry osfal Chuncks pieces of Shores &c			2..ー..ー
1 lott of Cedar Qty 168 ps	a 14/		117..12..ー
75 pieces of ditto	a 7/6		28.. 2..6
60 lower futhooks	17/6		52..10..ー
35 floor Timbers	22/6		39.. 7..6
8 Rising Timbers	22/6		9..ー..ー
31 Crossways	12/6		19.. 7..6
1 Stern piece			3..ー..ー
32 Anchor stocks a 3/9 & 2do	a 10/		7..ー..ー
15950 Trenels 18 Inch	45/		35..17..9
1600 ditto 24 do	80/		6.. 8..ー
289 upper Futhooks & Toptimbers	13/6		195.. 1..6
18 Hause ps & Bow Timbers	a 35/		31..10..ー
39 Middle Futhooks	25/		48..15..ー
1 Double Counter Timber			3..ー..ー
6 Large Sterns &c	a 80/		24..ー..ー
1 Double Fashion Piece			3..ー..ー
1 Hause piece			1..10..ー
35 Standards	7/6		13.. 2..6
40 Shores			5..ー..ー
1 Stem Post knee			2..ー..ー
1 lott largest Live Oak Qty 72 pieces	a 45/		162..ー..ー
2 Breast hooks a 90/ & 3 ditto	a 70/		19..10..ー
Carried over		£	843..14..3
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To Amount brought over		£	843..14..3
1 Lower Stern Piece			6..ー..ー
1 Lot of Live Oak Qty 198 ps	a 22/6		222..15..ー
1 Lot of Smatter do 148 do	20/		148..ー..ー
14 Live Oak half Tim[b]ers	a 5/		3..10..ー
a Lott of Old Knees &c &c at the burning place			3..ー..ー
22 Middle futhooks	a 22/6		24..15..ー
all the blocks in the Yards & 25 Knees, sound & rotten			4..ー..ー
25 Pieces of Ribbands &c			5..ー..ー
2 futhooks or small rising timbers			1.. 5..ー
1 Apron delivered to No 1 [frigate]			7..10..ー
1 Short Logg in the water			1..ー..ー
1 futhook			..17..6
1 Keel ー 75 feet			8..10..ー
2 Fitters			1..ー..ー
1687 feet of 2 Inch plank	a 25/6 p Ct		21..10..2
794 feet of 2 Inch pine do	21/6		8..10..9
12,387 feet of 2½ Inch plank	32/		198.. 3..9½
718 feet of 2½ Inch pine do	27/		9..13..10
8012 feet of 3 Inch plank	37/6		150.. 4..6
379 feet of 3 Inch pine do	31/6		5..19..4½
92 feet of 4 Inch plank	50/		2.. 6..ー
525 feet of 6 Inch plank a 10d p foot			21..17..6
540 feet of Wales a 10d p foot			22..10..ー
for One half cost of Measuring			2..1..11
		£	1723..14..7

Philadelphia Janry 5th 1776

We hereby agree with said David Thomson Francis Grice Saml Penrose & William Pollard on behalf of the Congress that any part of the above Timber plank &c which shall remain unused after the building of 4 Frigates now in hand for the use of the said Congrses, We will take hack to our own Accot at a valuation put thereon by Men mutually Chosen for that purpose, the Arnot thereof to be deducted out of Our Accots for building, or paid by us ー ³
January 29, 1776 —

1. Joshua Humphreys, Shipyard Accounts (Ledger D), HSP.

2. The timber commissioners for building the four frigates.

3. Wharton & Humphreys were building frigate No. 2, eventually to be named the Randolph.

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1776 January 29

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