Accounts of Nathaniel Shaw , Jr., with the Continental Navy Board of the Eastern Department, July 1, 1778

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[New London, Conn.]

D^r.	The Con^t. Navy Board E D.			Contra——	C^r
1778
Apr^l. 2	To 56453^lb. Cordage french w^t² @ 4/	£11290..12..--	1778
May 10	To Cash	801..--	May 10	By their Bill on the marine Com^tee²	24000 --
June 12	To y^e order paid Joshua Huntington	3000..--		By Cash of Cap^t Deshon³	1205
	18 To Cash	6000..--	1776		25205..--
July 1	To Sundries from Col Waters⁵	522..18..--	Sep^r	By Powder rec^d ⅌ Cap^t Hacker⁴
	To Cash	3757..10..--		that may be delivered out	80
	To pd John Barry⁶	114..--		say 300 @ 5/4
		25486..00	1778
	8 ⅌ C^t. on the french w^t. Cordage		May 23	By 30 bar⁷ flour from Peter Colt
	5418 @ 4/	1083..12		50.0.16 @ 87/6	228 ..
		26569..12			25513..--

D, CtY, Nathaniel and Thomas Shaw Papers, Ledger Book No. 26, p. 131.

1. The cordage was probably from the French ship Lyon, Jean Michel, master, which had been at New London. For more on this ship, see Shaw to Gov. Jonathan Trumbull, 13 Mar., 1778, NDAR 11: 628-29; Journal of the Connecticut Council of Safety, 16 Mar. 1778, NDAR 11: 659–60; William Vernon to James Warren, 26 Mar. 1778, NDAR 11: 796–97; Capt. Walter Griffith to Secretary of Admiralty Philip Stephens, 9 Apr. 1778, NDAR 12: 72 and n; Shaw to Andrew Perkins, 15 Apr. 1778, NDAR 12: 117; and Shaw to Trumbull, 16 Apr. 1778, NDAR 12: 124.

2. Continental Marine Committee.

3. John Deshon, member of the Continental Navy Board of the Eastern Department.

4. Capt. Hoysteed Hacker, commanding Continental Navy ship Columbus.

5. Col. Josiah Waters.

6. Capt. John Barry, Continental Navy.

7. That is, “barrel.”

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1778 July 1

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Volume 13

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American Theater, June 1 to August 15, 1778

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

Accounts of Nathaniel Shaw , Jr., with the Continental Navy Board of the Eastern Department, July 1, 1778

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