Bill for Fitting Out Success and Eagle for Powder Voyages to the West Indies, February 24, 1776

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Owners of the Schooner's Success & Eagle² Dr

For sundry disbursements fitting Out &c. vizt

	For the Success³
		£ s d
To	Cash pd for 7½ Yds Canvis for Tarpawlings 3/.	1. .2. .6
To	ditto pd Samuel Tripe for makg 2 do	. .3. .
To	do pd Moses Noble for Reamg the Pumps	. .6. .
	1 sett Boxes a 1/9. 8 Clappers 9d	. .7. .9
To	pd Elisha Hill for stapling 4 pump Boxes 1/6.	. .6. .
	1 pump Spear 6/. nailg 3 Boxes on Spears 3/.	. .9. .
	1 pr [Quo]ins 5/. 4 long Pump Bolts 4/.	. .9. .
	1 pr Flesh forks 2/3. 1 pr [Quo]ins. 5/.	. .7. .3
			£ s d
To	Cash pd Joseph Simes for mendg Binnacle lights	. .3. .	3. .13. .6
	For the Eagle.	£
To	Cash pd Joshua Wentworth for a main Mast	3. 11. .
To	do pd Moses Noble for making do	1. .
	pd do for Reaming the pumps 6/4	. .6. .
	4 sett Pump oxes 1/9. 8 Clappers 9d	13. .9
	3 Phuddocks Staves 9d 1 hand pump 2/6.	. .3. .3
	2 Wooden Bowls 2/. 1 Buckett 2/.	. .4. .
To	Cash pd Elisha Hill for Altering 2 Withs for Main Mast	. .6 . .
	1 Hoop for ditto	. .5. .8
	Stapling 2 pump Boxes 1/6	. .3. .	6. .6. .8
	putting 2 Staples in the Boxes	1. .
	1 Pump Spear 6/8. nailing on 2 Boxes 2/.	8. .8
	2 Cann Hooks 5/. 1 Candlestick 9d	5. .9
To	Cash pd Walker & Jenkins Caulkers	1.14. .6
To	do for 9 Yds Canvas for Tarpawlings a 3/.	1. .7. .
To	cash pd Riggers & hands taking out the Old Main Mast & putting in the New	.18. .
To	Cash pd Simon Furnald for 6 days Carpenters Work on board both Schoners. @ 3/6	1. .1. .
To	Cash pd for 1c 2 qur 8lb Cordg for Halliards Down Halls, Straps
	Lanyards, Ratline & Spunijam a 5/4.		10. .1.11
			£20. .2. .1

Portsmouth. 24th Feby 1776

Errors Excepted

Tho^s Thompson
Supply Clap

1. John Langdon Papers, HSP.

2. The Success was dispatched for St. Lucia under instructions of December 20, 1775, and the Eagle followed on January 12, 1776.

3. "Newburyport March 25 1776. Received of John Langdon Esqr seventy six pounds 10/ lawfull Money in full for the Use of the Schooner Success on a late Voyage to the West indies ー Nat Tracy," John Langdon Papers, HSP.

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Date

1776 February 24

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Volume 4

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American Theatre from February 19, 1776, to April 17, 1776

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

Bill for Fitting Out Success and Eagle for Powder Voyages to the West Indies, February 24, 1776

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