Return of Carpenters and Laborers Who Worked on the Ship of the Line America, March 31, 1778

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A Return of Carpenters & Labourers Work Building
the Continentall Ship of Seventy four Guns
at the Hon^ble. John Langdon's Island
from Oct^r. 4^th. 1777 untill March 31^st. 1778

Joseph Ham	139	@9/	£62..11.. 0
W^m Hackett	25½	@9/	11.. 9.. 6
W^m Badger	22½	@6/6	7..06.. 3
Jacob Persons	22½	6/6	7..06.. 3
Walter Shute	21½	6/6	6..19.. 9
Joseph Dearen	114	6/6	37.. 1.. 0
Jonathⁿ Nelson	00	—	0.. 0.. 0
Gabriel Hale	151	6/	45.. 6.. 0
John Bond	111½	5/6	30..13.. 3
Joshua Jones	150	6/6	48..15.. 0
James Jones	127	6/6	41.. 5.. 6
Josiah Beal	0	—	0.. 0.. 0
				298..13.. 6
Roger Rackley	16½	6/6	5.. 7.. 3
Tho^s. Preist	45	5/	11.. 5.. 0
W^m Waldron	0	—	0.. 0.. 0
Joseph Shaw	74	7/	25..18.. 0
Joseph Shaw	95	5/	23..15.. 0
Tho^s. Flawd	148½	5	37.. 2.. 6
Thomas Sherburne	24	4/	4..16.. 0
John Frost	32	4/	6.. 8.. 0
John Spinney J^r.	3	3/6	0..10.. 6
Cesar Gerritt	20	4/	4.. 0.. 0
Paid Joseph Dearen for Board for 16 Sundays			0..16.. 0
To my Supertending from May 10^th. untill March 31^st. 1778 290 days @ 18/—			261.. 0.. 0
To 41 Weeks Board @48/			98.. 8.. 0
			479.. 6.. 3
			298..13.. 6
			£777..19.. 9

D, PHi, John Langdon Papers. John Langdon was the Continental Agent at Portsmouth, N.H., and was therefore responsible for superintending the construction of the 74-gun ship of the line building there.

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Date

1778 March 31

Volume

Volume 11

Series

American Theatre from January 1, 1778 to March 31, 1778