1. Prizes and Captures, No. 135, LC.
2. The date is an arbitrary one. The use of the store for a barracks was probably in November while the Harrison was undergoing repairs in Plymouth, but the payment for rental was, made much later. A second bill from Hedge for the use of his store for ten days as a barracks for the crew of the Washington "before the Vessel was ready to Receive them," is also dated December 1775. Ibid., No. 137.