Board of War, Boston January 7th. 1778.
Order'd, That Mr Ivers1 pay Jona. Balch for Sundries for Schooner Starks, as Pr Acct. . . .£4.. 4.. 7 —
Order'd, That Mr Ivers pay Joshua Lapham for a Cap & Saddle for Schooner Starks . . . . £1.. 2/. —
Order'd, That Mr Ivers pay Isaac Phillips Esqr for 20 Tons Stone Ballast for Schooner Starks. . . . £6..-..-
Order'd, That Dr John Greenleaf deliver Doctr. Fudger2 Medicines for one hundred Men on Board Brigt Massachusetts—
LB, M-Ar, Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 149 (Board of War Minutes, 1777-1778), 152-53.
1. Thomas Ivers.
2. Dr. Harris Ellery Fudger was appointed surgeon of the Massachusetts Navy brigantine Massachusetts on 15 Nov. 1777. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors ofthe Revolutionary War, 17 vols. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 1896-1908), vol. 6, 140.
