By the Schooner Tabby Capt. Hodges1 Russia Duck 119 peices Tent cloth 42 Do. Sewing twine 252 lb Sail Needles 400 By the Alexander Capt. John Williamson2 Shirting 185 peices 8 Anchors 109 hund. wgt.
By the Charlotte Capt. Wilm. Sinclair3 Shirting 100 peices Tent cloth 30 Do. Russia duck 24 Do. 8 Anchors 199 hund. wgt. Cables 4 from 9 to 18½ Inches Cordage 119 Coil all dimensions By the Lydia Capt. Willm. Andrews Blue Cloth 27 peices Shirting 331 Do. Blankets 12 8 Anchors 102 hhd wgt Cables 7 from 9 to 18½ Inches Cordage 234 Coil, all dimensions. By the Success Capt. Gerris4 Salt 757 farricks Anchors 16. wght 238 hhd Cables 3 from 16 to 18½ inches Hawsers 3 Cordage 234 Coil all dimensions Shoes strong 2247. pair Shirts made 2532 Stockings 243½ doz. Hatts 1500 Kettles large 18 Blanketts large 2186 Shirting 28 peices2 Small Cases & a Barrel with Jesuits Bark, Rhubarb, Ipecacuanha, Tartar Emetic, Mercury Sublimate, Purging Salts, Opium. By the Schooner Marblehead Capt. Saml. Duggard5 Salt, Duck & tent Cloth. quantity unknown.
Arthur Lee
True Copy6 from Messrs. Gardoqui's Invoice Paris Decr 20th. 1777.
Copy, DNA, PCC, item 83, vol. 1, pp. 135–36 (M247, roll 110). Enclosure in Arthur Lee to the Continen tal Secret Committee, 10 Feb. 1778, ibid., pp. 127–30.
1. John Hodges, “who saild the 24th of March 1777 from Bilbao.” From a similar, undated list, also enclosed in Lee to the Secret Committee, 10 Feb. 1778, p. 133.
2. Who “saild from Do. April 25th. 1777.” Ibid.
3. Who “saild from Do. 25th. of April 1777.” Ibid.
4. Cabbot Garrish, who sailed “May 8th. 1777.” Ibid.
5. Who "saild 14th Do." Ibid.
6. With his letter of 10 Nov. 1777 to Francis Lewis, William Lee enclosed a similar list with the fol lowing minor differences: In the Alexander, 3 cables, not 5; in the Lydia, 237 coil of cordage, not 234. In addition, William Lee listed supplies received “From our friends in [France]–3,000,000 Livres in Money but 1,000,000 £ to be repaid in Tobo-Ship'd in the Amphitrite, Mercure, Seine & Flammand, 200 four pound Brass Cannon with Carriages Compleat, 91315 Cannon Balls, 27, Nine Inch Mortars Compleat; 56 Brass four pound Cannon compleat, 3782 Bombs-33,000 Fuzees Compleat with Bayonets. 1230 Fuzees for light horse.—30,000 Gun Locks—3,000000 Gun Flints.—100 Ton of Lead.—10,000 P. Worsted Hose for Officers; 3,000 Blankets for Officers; 10000 Silk Hkfs.—50,000 Linen Hkfs; 2000 Artillery tools 50000 lbs Sulphur, 26 Brass, 6 lb Cannon mounted on the Flammand.” ViHi, William Lee Letter Book, pp. 81-82
