Account of Nathaniel Shaw, Jr., with the Continental Navy Board of the Eastern Department, May 10, 1778

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[New London, Conn., 10 May 1778]¹

	The Continentl. Navy Board—
		Dr.
1778
April 2	To 5 Large Cables		W^t.	24000
	To 2 Shroud hawsers			4020
	To 191 Coils Cordage			35349
			63369 a £15 ⅌ C^t.
		£9504 . . 18 . . 0
	Shipt ⅌ Nath^l Harris to Maj^r. Joshua Huntington²
	⅌ Capt. Deshons³ Order
		Returned for Putnam & Nancy⁴
		30 Coils		5653
		Returned 7 Coils		1263
				56453⁵
May 10		By a Bill on the Marine Committee
		in fav' of Mon Mitchel for 80000 Dollars
		24000..0..0

Carried to the other Book
before this y^e last page—

D, CtY, Nathaniel and Thomas Shaw Papers, Ledger Book No. 39, p. 59.

1. Date is established by last item in account.

2. Huntington was supervising construction of Continental Navy frigate Confederacy at Norwich, Conn.

3. John Deshon, member of Continental Navy Board of the Eastern Department.

4. Connecticut privateer ship General Putnam, Thomas Allon, commander, and Connecticut privateer brigantine Nancy, Michael Melally, commander. Both vessels were fitting out at New London.

5. 56,453 equals the total weight of cordage (63,369) less the weight of the coils (5,653 and 1,263) that were returned.

6. Jean Michel, captain of French merchant ship Lyon.

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Date

1778 May 10

Volume

Volume 12

Series

American Theatre from April 1, 1778 to May 31, 1778