An Estimate of Cannon Ball and Ballast for the Continental Frigates Building at Poughkeepsie, March 8, 1776

Document

Transcription

The following is a Copy of a proposal made me by Jno Griffiths a Partner to Saml Patrick to which I acqui[e]sced March 8, 1776

An Estimate of Ball and Ballast for the ships of War building in New York Province vizt

Ballast at the lowest Computation	150 Tons	Pig Iron a	£ 8. p Ton
Grape Shott	10 Tons	a	£20. p Ton
Ball from 4 lb to 32 lb	50 Tons	a	£15. p Ton
20 Cannon of 9 lb by th end of may		a	£28. p Ton

finished, proved, & delivered any where on Hudson River

The Ballast can be delivered in the Month of April The Balls and shott in May, provided the order be given soon as Flasks & other utensils will be necessary to cast the Ball & shott. ー wooden patterns turned must be procured and the Number of Tons to each Size Specified.

In consequence thereof I gave the Following orders & agreed for

30 Tons of 12 pd Shott	a £15 p Ton
20 Tons of 9 pd do	a £15 p Ton
4 Tons of 4 pd do	a £15 p Ton
6 Tons of Grape do	a £20. p Ton
20 Cannon of 9 poundrs, finish'd &c	a £28 p Ton
150 Tons Pig Iron for Ballastg both Ships of which 50 Tons are delivd at the ships & paid for by me

F. Lewis

1. Robert Treat Paine Papers, MassHS, enclosed in Francis Lewis to Robert Treat Paine, May 20, 1776,

Document Information

Date

1776 March 8

Volume

Series

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

Similar Documents

Letter of Agency of Officers and Crew of H.M. Sloop Nautilus, April 2, 1776

Petition of the Selectmen of Provincetown to the Massachusetts General Court, April 3, 1776

Minutes of the New York Committee of Safety, March 27, 1776

Owners' Bond for the Brigantine Elizabeth for a Voyage to the West Indies, February 24, 1776

Journal of H.M. Sloop Scorpion, Captain John Tollemache, March 29, 1776

Captain Andrew Snape Hamond, R.N., to Captain Alexander Graeme, H.M.S. Kingsfisher, March 8, 1776

"Manifest of Sloop Dianna's Cargo Rufus Potter Masr", February 21, 1776

Minutes of the Baltimore Committee, March 14, 1776

Purdie's Virginia Gazette, Friday, February 23, 1776

"A List of Rebel Vessels, Taken by the Squadron, of His Majesty's Ships & Vessels, under My Command [Gayton] at Jamaica, between the 21st Day of December, 1775, and the [25th of March, 1776]", March 25, 1776

Minutes of the Virginia Committee of Safety, March 17, 1776

Journal of H.M.S. Phoenix, Capatin Hyde Parker, Jr., April 7, 1776

Henry Laurens to John Laurens, March 14, 1776

Journal of H.M.S. Roebuck, Captain Andrew Snape Hamond, April 14, 1776

Journal of H.M.S. Maidstone, Captain Alan Gardner, April 13, 1776

Colonel Gurdon Saltonstall to Governor Jonathan Trumbull, April 1, 1776

Major General Philip Schuyler to John Hancock, March 6, 1776

Journal of H.M. Schooner St. John, Lieutenant William Grant, March 7, 1776

Journal of the Continental Congress, April 15, 1776

Deposition of Peter Simon, March 9, 1776