Bill of James Rice for Sundries Supplied the Connecticut Brig Defence, April 3, 1776

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The Colony of Connecticutt To James Rice			Dr
1776	To Sundrys Supply'd the Brige. Defence (Viz)
Febry	To 6 wooden Bowls		£ 0. .5. .3
	" 3 lb Brimstone a 6d ⅓ & 5 lb Blour 7½d		1.10	½
24th	" 1 Load Wood 7/. & 1 side Leather 11/11		18.11
26	" 1 Side Leather		12.10
	" Cowtails for the Stink potts		1. .6
28	" 1 Erthen plater 10d 12 lb Brimstone a 6d 5/		5.10
March 1st	" 6 lb Brimstone		2. .6
2nd	" 12 scains Marlin	7d	7..—
	" 1092 foot pine Boards	60/	3. .5. .6
4th	" 29½ lb Leather		1.13. .2
	" James Pecks Journey to Stratford		18. .2
	" Cash paid for Cutting a load wood		1..—
	" Cash paid freight of riging from Newyork at p bill		5..—
9th	" ditto to Peter Heburn as p bill		6. .4. .6
13	" 194 foot Boards		11. .8
15	" 20 lb Leather	1/3	1. .5..—
	" Cash paid George King as p bill		1. .3..—
20	" ditto to Peter Bontivore		7.10..—
	" ditto to Asa Fuller for freight from Middletown		2.12..—
	" 393 yds Tom Cloath	a 1/6	29. .9. .6
22nd	" 4 Bar[rels] Tarr	20/	4..—..—
	" 173 foot Barge oars	2½	1.16.1¼
	" 41½ lb Oakum	4d	13.10
	" 6 lb Ten penny Nils	10d	5..—
April	" 23 yds Tow Cloath	1/8	1.18. .4
	" 6 lb of 10d Nails 5/ 1 lb of 6d ditto		5.11
3rd	" 8 Gimblets 2/ Lengthing the G[i]mblets 2/6		4. .6
	" 1 Speaking Trumpt (Bought at New London)		4. .6
	" 1½ dozen knives & Forks ditto		7..—
	" Jede[dia]h Cook for Carting		4. .6
	" William Peck for filling water		6..—
	To Enos Graves for Carting		5. .3
	To Cash paid for making the Colours		1. .5..—
	To [9]0 foot Timber a 14/		1.11. .6
	To Cash paid Mr Phipps		5..—
	To Cash Supply'd 7 people their Expences from N London		3. .2. .8
	To 1 Load kness [sic]		2.12..—
	" 1 days Labour		3..—
	Carried over		£ 77. .3. .3	¾
	Brought over		£ 77. .3. .3	¾
	To Cash paid a Messenger to Fairfield to Lt [Ebenezer] Bartram		15..—
	To my own Expences 3 times to Lebanon		2..—..—
			£ 79.18. .3	¾

[New Haven, April 3, 1776]²

1. Conn. Arch., 1st Series, IX (Defence), 59, ConnSL.

2. Ibid., according to the summary of the Defence accounts, the bill was rendered "Feb-Apr," which would establish it as the final date shown.

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1776 April 3

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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 of James Rice for Sundries Supplied the Connecticut Brig Defence, April 3, 1776

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