Joshua Starr's Account with the Connecticut Privateer Sloop American Revenue, February 28, 1778

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Sloop American Rivenew

New London Feb 28 1778

To Making Bowsprit	£1..10.. 0
To one Fermer¹	0.. 4.. 0
To Making 9 Catrig Boxes Tops at 2/6	1.. 2.. 6
To 6 Blocks at 3/6	1.. 1.. 0
To 3 Mallets at 2/6	0.. 7.. 6
To 6 Falls Fire Stocks 4/	1.. 4.. 0
To one Large deadeye	0.. 3.. 0
To one Surving Mallet²	0.. 4.. 6
To 18 Tompkins at /6	0.. 9.. 0
To Reming 2 Pumps at 12/	1.. 4.. 0
To 6 Sets of Pump boxes at 10/	3.. 0.. 0
To Fixing Rammers	0.. 1.. 9
To one Set of Burton Blocks	2.. 0.. 0
To Making Sq^r Sail Yard out of Old Boom three Days work at 20/	3.. 0.. 0
To 2 Blocks at 5/	0..10.. 0
To one Duble Do 10/	0..10.. 0
To Making Jibboom	0.. 5.. 0
To Making Studingsail Boom 6 Inch 2/	0..12.. 0
To 16 Carrig Trucks at 6/	4..16.. 0
To Sheveing³ Main Sheet Blocks	0.. 6.. 0
To 6 Small Fermers at /4d	0.. 2.. 0
To 6 Bit handels at /4d	0.. 2.. 0
To Making Sq^r Sail Boom 2 Days work	2.. 0.. 0
To 12 Tomkins	0.. 5.. 0
To 20 Spare Blocks of Difrent Size 4/6	4..10.. 0
Errors Excepted Per Joshua Starr	£29.. 9.. 3
From 20 Feb Resivd at Difrent Times 6 Gallons of Rum Towards the Above at 2.:14..0	16 : 4: 0
To March 1	£13 : 5: 3
Received the Above Contents P^r. Joshua Starr	due
Sum Brot over	£29.. 9.. 3
Brig Nancys⁴ Boom	9..—..—
Sq^r Sail Boom	12..15..—
	£51.. 4.. 3
a Main Mast Cut up for a Bowspreat	50.. 0.. 0
	£101.. 4.. 3
1 Hand pump	.. 9..—

DS, CtY, Nathaniel and Thomas Shaw Papers, packet 76, no. 4368. Docketed in Shaw's hand: "Joshua Starrs/Bill." Docketed in another hand: "4368."

1. A thin-bladed chisel or gouge used in shaping and finishing wood.

2. A serving-mallet used in the serving or winding marline around rope as a means of protection.

3. To sheave is to add a wheel or rim to something, used as a pulley.

4. Connecticut privateer brigantine Nancy, Michael Melally, commander.

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1778 February 28

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