Nathaniel Shaw, Jr.'s Account Against the Continental Brig Hampden, September 23, 1776

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The Continental Brig Hampton

Hoysted Hacker Comander Dr

1776	To Cash as p Rect		60. .0. .0
Sepr	To Sundry Slops as p Rect		47.13. .6	107. 13. .6
	To Spy Glass		2. .0. .0
	To Tea kettle 8/ 2 Brushes 4/		0.12. .0
	To 137 feet Oars		1.14. .3
	To Rheem Writing paper		0.15. .0
	To Lanthorn 3/, Speking Trumpet 5/		0. .8. .0
	To 2 Canvas Chairs 2/6		0. .5. .0	5.14. .3
	To 327 lb Cordage /10		13.12. .6
	To 1 Cable wt 7. .0. .22 lb 50/,		17.19. .4
	To 3 pr Blocks Straps Hooks & Thimbles		7. .6
	To 5 lb Cooper Nails 1/6		7. .6
	To 45½ lb 20d do @ 1/2, 13½ lb 6d do 1/6		3. .2. .4	36. .0. .2
	To 93½ lb Tallow @ /8		3. .2. .4
	To Use fall Blocks Stage Kettles &c		1.14. .0
	To stewards Bill Warfage		1.10. .0
	To pd Carpenters & Labourers		8.16. .6
	To pd Jas Harris 1 Days work		0. .4. .0
	To pr Timber Chocks for the Boat		0. .7. .6
	To 394 feet pine boards 1d		1.12.10
	To pd Daniel Colver the Joiner		1.16. .0
	To pd N Hempsteds Bill for 43 lb Bolt Rope @ /10d		1.15.10	20.19. .0
	To James Tilleys Bill		29.14. .9
	To Hoshua Starrs Bill		2.16. .8
	To George Colefax's do		3. .3. .8
	To 80 yd Oznabrigs 2/6		10. .0. .0
	To 54 yd Duck 3/6		9. .9. .0
	To Black Smiths Bill		6. .4. .6
	To Clark Elliotts Bill		0.11.10
	To John Wards ditto		0.18.10
	To 10 Iron ound Water Cask		7.10. .0
	To pd Smith for onions & potatoes		1. .2. .2
	To 328 bunches onions @ 2½		3. .8. .4
	To 30 bus potatoes @ 2/,		3. .0. .0	77:19. .9
	Carried over			£ 248. .6. .8
1776	The Brig Hampden			Dr
Sepr	To Sum brot over			248. .6. .8
	To pd Jona Douglass Bill Storage			2. .0. .0
	To 2 Nine pound Cannon for Balance
	37. 2. 10 lb @ £ 8 p ton		15. .0.10
	To Cartage of ditto		0. .1. .6
	To 54 four pound Shott 1. .3. .20		2. .8. .3
	To 382 Swivel ditto		3. .3. .8
	To 1 pr Carriages for Fore pounders		4.10. .0	25. .4. .3
	To 8 lb powder @ 5/4	2. .2. .8
	To 2 lb Brimston /8	0. .1. .4
	To 3 lb Salt Petre 5/	0.15.—
	To 1 Qt Spirits turpentine	3. .6
	To 4 Qr Cartage paper	16. .0	3.18. .6
	To pd John Potter 4 days Work		16. .0
	To pd Wm Brooks the Butchers Bill		11.12. .3	¾
	To pd Danll Latham piloting the Brig to Newport		3. .0. .0
	to 36 lb Tallow from Ship Oliver Cromwell		0.18. .0
	To pd Nathan Baleys Bill		6.11. .7
	To pd Henry Bates for frt Riging from New Haven		0. .6.—
			302.13. .3	¾
	Commissions 5 PCt		15. .2. .7	¼
			317.15.11
	By 2 bar powder 300 lb

1. Shaw Collection, Book 39, 17, 18, YUL. A rough draft of this account is in Ledger 9, ibid. The rough draft supplies dates for entries, running from September 9 to September 23, 1776.

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Date

1776 September 23

Author

Shaw, Nathaniel, Jr.

Volume

Volume 6

Ships

Hampden

Series

American Theatre from September 1, 1776, to October 31, 1776

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

Nathaniel Shaw, Jr.'s Account Against the Continental Brig Hampden, September 23, 1776

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