John Manley to Joshua Huntington, May 20, 1778

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providence May 20. 1778

Sir

I have inclos’d you a Recp^t. for Grape Shott for M^r. Shaw¹ also fifty 12^lb grape ready made up for the Trumbull² which you please to forward to M^r. Shaw Carting is got to be very Difficult I was oblig’d to agree with the Teamster @ Six Shillings ⅌ mile w^ch. you’ll please to notice Accordingly. I am in behalf of Daniel Tillinghast³ Sir [&c.]

John Manley

L, DN, Frigate Trumbull Papers. Addressed on cover: “To/Major Joshua Huntington/at/Norwich.” Docketed: “John Manly/Dupl May 20 1778.” Manley was Deputy Continental Agent for Rhode Island; Maj. Joshua Huntington was superintendent of construction of frigate Trumbull.

1. Nathaniel Shaw, Jr., Continental Agent for Connecticut.

2. Continental Navy frigate Trumbull, Capt. Dudley Saltonstall, commander. By “fifty 12^lb grape,” Manley meant grape shot packed in canvas bags equal in diameter to a 12-pound cannon ball.

3. Continental Agent for Rhode Island.

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1778 May 20

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

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