Nathaniel Shaw, Jr.'s Account Against the Connecticut Privateer Sloop Revenge, January 7, 1777

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1776	The Sloop Revenge		Jos Conkling Comdr	Dr
Octo 18	To 20 bar flour 36. .2. .0 @		20/	£36	10	—
	To 3 bolts Oznabrigs 300 Yds		3/	45	—	—
Decr 19	To 4½ Gal Rum		6/	1	7	—
	To 2 bar Jamica Rum	53
	To 1 Qr Cask ditto	42½
	To 3 Gall ditto	3
	———
	98½		@ 10/	49	5	—
	To 2 barls 9/, 1 Iron bound Cask		15/	1	4	—
	To 2 bar Melasses 64		3/6	11	4	—
	To 2 bar for ditto		4/6		9	—
	To 1 bar Coffee 182 lb		1/,	9	2	—
	To 1 bar Sugar 2.0.21		64/,	7	—	—
	To 876 feet boards		/1	3	13	—
	To 24 lb White Lead		1/3	1	10	—
	To 6 lb Red ditto		1/3		7	6
	To 2 qt Oile 4/ 5 qt ditto 10/,				14	—
	To Iron Hoops 3/ buckett 2/,				5	—
	To 5 Ib Brimston 5/ 6½ lb Nails 9/9				14	9
	To 1 Arm Chest			3	10	—
	To 1 Iron Cabbuse			9	10	—
	To 2¼ Ct Brick		@4/		9	—
	To ½ bus Lime		6/		3	—
	To 1 Deep sea lead		9½ lb		9	6
	To 1 Old Topmast				10	—
	To 1 Speaking Trumpet				5	—
	To 1 Log & Line				12	—
	To 12 powder Horns with priming Wires		@3/	1	16	0
	To 4 Cod Lines		7/6	1	10	—
	To 4 Qr paper				8	—
	To 1 Harpoon				6	—
	To 1 bar Tarr			1	16	—
	To 3 Hour Glasses		1/8		5	4
	To 150 Flints		4/		6	—
	To 1 bar powder from Capt [Hoysteed] Hacker in the Hampden	165
	To 20 Qr Cask ditto	535¼		210	1	6
	———
	700¼		@ 6/
1777
Janr 7	To 19 Days Warfage				19	—
	To John Boles Bill			24	17	6
	To Samel Latimers ditto			29	7	8
	To Eb Goddards Bill			2	18	8
				—————————
				£458	15	5
				3	13	—
				—————————
				455	2	5
Settled with	To lb sheet Copper		@
John Hudson ²	To 383 lb shakings		/2	3	3	10
	To pd Davd Manwaring for shop hire			2	—	—
	Carried Forward

1. Shaw Papers, Ledger 4, YUL.

2. Shaw owned the privateer, and Hudson was one of the bonders.

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1777 January 7

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