Amount Owed to Lieutenant Musco Livingston Charged to Continental Navy Frigate Boston, July 25, 1778

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Ship Boston to M Livingston				D^r-
1778-
Ap^r. 25^h.	To my Expences from paris to Joine the) Boston at bourdeaux			336. .
June 2.	To Expences to bourdeaux on Ships duty & which was forgot to be charged in a former ac^t			72—
	To My Expences from Lorient to Paris, to Nantes & back to Lorient on Ships duty			1320—
	To my wagers due from 19 Ap^l last to 25 July at 33 Doll^s. ⅌ m^o- 106 D^ol a. 4".10			477—
				2205
	C^r-
	By Cash Rec^d at Bourdeaux	154"	151
	ditt^o^. at Lorient from M^r Moylan	600
	ditt^o^. of the Commissioners at paris	720
		1474	1471¹	1474
				3
	Ball^e. due M Livingston			734

L’Orient 25 July 1778
Rec^d the Above acct by Order on M D Swegha^sr2at Nants—

M Livingston

DS, MH-H, Samuel Tucker Papers (MS Am 812), Letter Book.

1. Someone, possibly Livingston, lowered the amount that Livingston had received at Bordeaux by 3 livres, then adjusted the credit subtotal by 3, but then added 3 livres to the final credit amount so that the balance due Livingston remained unchanged.

2. That is, Jean-Daniel Schweighauser, the Continental agent.

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Date

1778 July 25

Volume

Volume 13

Series

European Theater, June 1 to August 15, 1778