Israel Arnold’s Receipt for Bounty Money for Enlisting in Rhode Island Guard ship Westmoreland, July 5, 1778

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Providence [R.I.] July 5 1778

Received of Peter Wright the Sum of thirty pounds as a bounty from North Kings Town for Entering on board the Guard Ship Westmoreland¹ in the Service of the State of Rhode Island Jer^h. Clark Commander

Israel Arnold Serj^t2

Providence July 5 1778

Rec^d. of Peter Wright the Sum of Twenty pounds as a States bounty for Entering on board the Guard Ship Westmoreland in the Service of the State of Rhode island—Jer^h. Clark Commander

Israel Arnold

D, R-Ar, Maritime Papers, Revolutionary War, 1776–1781, p. 164. This receipt is accompanied by thirteen similar receipts in early July from other recipients of the same bounty payments. R-Ar, Maritime Papers, Revolutionary War, 1776–1781, pp. 159–66.

1. This ship is occasionally referred to in the receipts as Defence. It was formerly the prize ship New Westmoreland, mounting 16 carriage guns and of 300 tons burthen. New Westmoreland was taken by Continental Navy brig Cabot, Capt. Elisha Hinman, commander, in late Oct. 1776.

2. Arnold was a sergeant in the Pawtuxet Rangers, Rhode Island Militia.

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Date

1778 July 5

Volume

Volume 13

Series

American Theater, June 1 to August 15, 1778