Estimates of Crewmen Needed to Man Maryland Navy Row Galley Chester, Captain Thomas Coursey, August 31, 1777

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[August 31, 1777]²

		[Men]
34.	oars 2 men to an oar	68
4.	guns 18 lb 6 men Each	24
8.	4 lb Ditto 3 Ditto	24
30.	Swivels	30
12	men Quarters & to the rigging	12
	Doctor & assistant	2
	pow[d]er room	2
	powder munkeys	2
		164
	the men that fights the swivels fights the small arms
		Men
34.	oars	34
4.	guns 18 lb 6 men Each	24
8.	Do 4 lb 3 men Each	24
30.	Swivels	30
	Rigging	12
	in the powder room	2
	powder munkey's	2
	Doctr & assistant In Cockpitt	2
	at the helm	1
	Captn of the ship 2 Leuitenants Captn Mareens	4
		135

at the Lowest Calculation Besides the fife & Drumer.

when the ship is filled there is a Quarter hill pasted up to the Mast for the men to Learn & the guns & oars no & the names of men that belongs to Every place.

[Endorsed] Captn Coursey's Augt 1777

1. Executive Papers, Box 8, Folder 1777, Md.Arch.

2. Placement at the end of the month is arbitrary.

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Date

1777 August 31

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Ships

Chester (Ship)

Series

American Theatre from August 1, 1777, to September 30, 1777

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