Joshua Humphreys' Bill for Building the Pennsylvania Galley Experiment, August 5, 1775

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Philadelphia, Augt. 5, 1775

The Committee of Safety				Dr
for building the Boat called the Experiment. viz
To 28 floor Timbers a 6/			8	..8	..ー
To 53 fut hooks 8/			21	..4	..
To 13 ditto do			5	..4	..
To 11 Knees (Small). 3/6			1	.18	..6
To 6 Large ditto 2 at 10 & 4 a 7/6			2	.10	..0
To 38 feet of 6 Tuck Wale for Carriages. a 15d			2	..7	..6
To paid for Hauling ditto & sundrys 10/				10	..ー
To 2294 feet of 2 Inch Plank & 48 do a 4d is 2342 ft			39	..0	..8
To 217 ditto 2½ do	5d		4	.10	..5
To 86 ditto 4 do	8d		2	.16	..8
To 93 ditto 3 do	6d		2	..6	..6
To 116½ lb of Oakum	4d		1	.18	.10
To 1 ps. of 6 In. Wase for a Keel			3	..0	..
To Stock for the Stern 60 feet a	12d		3	..0	..0
To 1 Stern ps	20/		1	..0	..0
To 1 Bredit hook	5/			5	..0
To 1 Stern ps Knee	20/		1	..0	..0
To 2 Skidds & 2 Beams a	16/		3	..4	..0
To Staff for Rudder				10	..0
To a Keelson			1	..0	..0
To Dead Wood & Apron				18	..0
To 800 feet of 1¼ In. Boards a	3d		10	..2	..6
To 924 do 1½ Inch Pine a	2½		9	.16	..8
To 590 do 1 In: Cedar a	2d		4	.18	..4
1 bbl of Pitch 25 & 6 breeng Tubbs a 12d Use of Yard & Stuff for
Launching £6..0..0			7	.11	..0
		Carried over	£139	..0	..7
To Amount brought over			£139	..0	..7
To James Reynolds	10½ days a	7/	3	.13	..6
To Thomas Thomson	1 day	do		7	..
To John Turner	½ do	do		3	..6
To Joseph Bowers	12½ do	do	4	..7	..6
To Patrick Hamilton	11½ do	do	4	..0	..6
To Simon Barnet	12½ do	do	4	..7	..6
To Richard Thomas	10½ do	do	3	.13	..6
To Joseph Hulings	15½ do	do	5	..8	..6
To James Ferguson & Boy	13 do a	6/	3	.18	..0
To Edward Hynes	11 do a	7/	3	.17	..
To Alexander Craig Sawyer	14. do	6/6	4	.11	..
To ditto Mate	12. do a	5/	3	.10	..
To Edward Grew	7½ do	6/	1	.17	..6
To John McCombe	½ do	7/		3	..6
To Joseph Fanning	½ do	7/		3	..6
To Marmaduke Owens	11½ do	do	4	..0	..6
To David Gunnison	6 do	do	2	..2	..
To Nehemiah Davis	2 do	4/6		9	..
To Swanson Duche	8½ do	7/	2	.19	..6
To Will: Falkner	16 do	do	5	.12	..
To Will: Donaldson	8½ do	do	2	.18	..6
To Thos. Linley (his Boy)	9½ do	4/	1	.18	..
To Reynolds Wharton	15 do	7/	5	..5	..
To William Toy	13 do a	7/	4	.11	..ー
To James Carr	15 do a	6/	4	.17	..6
To Chas. Bradley	14 do a	7/	4	.18	..ー
To Andrew Smiley	14 do a	7/	4	.18	..ー
To Abel Lee	13 do a	6/	2	.18	..6
To Roger Herl	12 do a	5/	3	.. ー	..
To Norman McCloud	13 do a	4/6	2	.18	..6
To Walker Turner	13 do a	7/	4	.11	..ー
		Carried Over	£241	..0	..7
To Amount brought over			241	..0	..7
To James Shillingsford	4 days a	9/	1	.16	..
To Thomas Shillingsford	2 do. a	8/6		..17	..
To James Shillingsford	4 do a	4/6		18	..
To Charles Norton	2. do a	9/		18	..
To Thomas Havens	3 do a	9/	1	..7	..
To Robert Glen	2 do	do		18	..
To Alexr Brown	5½ do	7/	1	.18	..6
To James Day	9 do	5/	2	..5	..
To Andrew McBride	4½ do	5/	1	..2	..6
To Elias Longfetty	11½ do	7/	4	..0	..6
To William Ginn	7 do	7/	2	..9	..0
To Joshua Humphreys for his attendce &c 14 days a 10/			7	..0	..0
To 3 brush brooms	a	6d		1	..6
To 30 Gallons Rum		4/	6	..0	..0
To 20 lb Sugar	a	6½		10	.10
To 4 Cleets	a	1/6	___	6	..0
bill delivered dated 20 Septr 1775			£273	..8	..5

1. Joshua Humphreys Ledger D., 1766-1777, HSP. Another bill, for building the Pennsylvania Galley Washington, is in the same ledger. As the dimensions and quantities of material differs but slightly, and the workmen employed were the same as for the Experiment, it seems needless to give the detailed bill. It was delivered on the same day, September 20, as the Experiment's bill, but was about seventy-five pounds greater, £355..4..2.

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1775 August 5

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Humphreys, Joshua

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Volume 1

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Philadelphia

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American Theatre from May 21, 1775, to September 2, 1775

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

Joshua Humphreys' Bill for Building the Pennsylvania Galley Experiment, August 5, 1775

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