Poughkeepsie Novr. 19th. 1777
Sir
We are desired to call on you for the amount of the Riging Supplied the Ship Trumbull, in order to Settle the Ships Accounts, by Mr. Moses Smith we have sent the account with an order for the Sum, which hope you will pay as we are much in want of the Money—We are [&c.]
Lawrence & Tuder
63.1 .12lb—@ £15—£950.7.1 NYk. Cury.
Ct Qr Lb
119: 0 : 25 of Cordage from Mr. Ivers1 @ £8.10 L My. £1013:7:6 he was pd. for Comeing to Middletown & Laying the Cobb2
L, CtHi, Barnabas Deane Papers, Box 384. Addressed: "To/ Barnabus Dean Esqr./at/Wethersfield." Docketed: "Lawrence & Tuder/Novr: I9th. 1777."
1. See NDAR 7: 253.
2. A cob is a breakwater or dock made of piles and timber, filled in with rocks.
