James Hackett's Account for Building the Ship of the Line at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, May 4, 1778

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[Portsmouth, N.H., May 4, 1778]¹

D^r.	John Langdon Esq^r. To James Hackett—²
	for the Seventy four Gun Ship building for the Continent—³
1777
May 20	To my Service From the date 272 days @ 28/- up to y^e 4^th. May 1778—		£380..16..0
	To Expences in procureing timber & Plank from Nov^r. 1777 to May 1778 Include^g some Bills p^d	125..10..—
	To Horse hire &c⅌	50.. 0..—
Nov^r. 8	To p^d. sund^ys. Bills Bringing town timber And 17 days work cutt^g. & hall^g. d^o.	27..15..—
	To paid Peter Dearborn ⅌ Bill	25..10..—
	To p^d Joseph Cram 7 Tons Timber ⅌ D^o.	14..14..—
	To paid Ben. Stevens for Plank	25..10..—
	To 14 Tons Timber Supply'd	29.. 8..—
	To p^d. Abra^m. Sanborn for Timber	17.. 5..—
	To p^d Joseph Hall for ditto	14.. 8..—
	To p^d. Jon^a Amory for ditto ⅌ Bill	32.. 0..—
	To p^d W^m. Saavey for ditto	3.. 8.. 0
	To p^d. Tho^s. Sanborn for d^o.	8..15..—	374.. 6..
	To p^d. David Hall Board^g carpenters	12..10..—
	To P^d Nath Gorden hall^g. Timber ~~board~~^s	15..16..—
	To p^d W^m. Hackett⁴ cutt^g. Timber & Board	40..14..—
	To p^d Jon^a Nelson ditto	17.. 4..—
	To Josiah Beal ditto	7..11..—
	To p^d Anthony Stickney for Timb^r. ⅌ bill	24.. —
	To p^d. Theo. Gilman for Spikes	2.. 2..—
	To p^d Giddings & Gilman for Plank	2..10..—
	To p^d. Jacob Smith hall^g. Timb^r.	2.. 2..—
	To p^d Jos^h. Dearborn for Labourr & b^d	12..10..—
	To p^d Ben Magoon hall^g. timb^r.	10..15..—
	To p^d Geo Philbrook for Labourr	1..10..—
	To p^d Jos Dearing⁵ for ditto	10.. 9..—	159..13..0
	To p^d. Jos. Ham for Labour & board	8.. 2.. 0
	Carr^d Over—	Lawf^l money	£914..12..0

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

1. The date and place are taken from internal evidence.

2. James K. Hackett was the builder of the 74-gun ship on Langdon's I.

3. This ship of the line was later named America. For more on its construction, see NDAR 7: 223–24; 9: 739; 11: 494, 661 and 841.

4. William Hackett, James Hackett's cousin, was the master shipwright and foreman of the shipyard.

5. Also spelled Joseph Dearen. NDAR 11: 841.

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1778 May 4

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Volume 12

Series

American Theatre from April 1, 1778 to May 31, 1778

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

James Hackett's Account for Building the Ship of the Line at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, May 4, 1778

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