Jonathan Williams's Account of Disbursements for the Continental Navy Brig Lexington, from August 1777 to March 1778

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[Nantes, 1 March 1778]

			N^o. 5—
	D^r. Henry Johnson Esq^r Comm^r. Brig Lexington					with Jon^a. Williams C^r.
1777—				1777
Aug^st.	—	To Capers, Anchovies, & Olives	83.. 3..—	Aug^st.	20	By the Comm^rs. for an Acc^t. of Disbursem^ts. furnish'd to that Date for the Lexington	2372..2.. 4
		To 1 m Corks	4..10..—
		To Cash adv^ed. G. Thayer	96..—..—
Sept^r.	16.	To his draft to Delap 5^th. Sept^r.	264..17.. 7
October	6.	To d^o.to Cornic . . 16^th. Sep^r.	2137.. 2.. 4	1778—
		To d^o.. . ditto . . 16^th. Sep^r.	225..—..—	March	1.	By Ballance for which he is to Acco^t.with the Commiss^rs.	1809..19.. 2
1778—
March	1	To d^o. to Johnson London 19^th Feb^ry. 5 d^s/s^t. . . £ s^lg. 60	1371..8.. 7
			4182.. 1.. 6				4182.. 1..6¹

D, CtY, Jonathan Williams Account Books. Number 5 in "Accounts and Vouchers Refer'd to in the Account Current between Jonathan Williams Jun^r. and the Hon^ble.The Commissioners of the United States of America." For the enclosure, see "State of the Account Furnished by Capn Henry Johnson of his Disbursements against the Brig Lexington of which he was Commander," NDAR 9: 584-86.

1. Notation: "Compared and approved Nantes 17^th. Aug^st. 1779.—(Signed) J.J. J.N. J.C. J.G." The initials are those ofJoshua Johnson, Jonathan Nesbitt, James Cuming, and Joseph Gridley. They were merchants who, in the summer of 1779, at the request of Benjamin Franklin, audited Williams's accounts with the American Commissioners in France.

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Date

1778 March 1

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Williams, Jonathan, Jr.

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Volume 11

Series

European Theatre from January 1, 1778 to March 31, 1778

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

Jonathan Williams's Account of Disbursements for the Continental Navy Brig Lexington, from August 1777 to March 1778

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