Jonathan Williams, Jr.'s, Account of Disbursements for the Continental Navy Ship Ranger, May 29, 1778

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Account of Disbursments for the Continental Ship Ranger John Paul Jones Esq^r. Commander by Jonathan Williams at Nantes.

To 100 Great Coats		31. 9	3145..
To 100 Great Coats		7.15	3550..
To 100 Waistcoats		7. 5.	725..
To 100 ⅌ Drawers		4. 1	405..
To 100 P Woolen Trousers		5. 9	545..
To 298 Check Shirts		5.	1490..
To 10 Doz Caps			220..
To 24 Doz Hankd^fs.		15.	300..
To 10 Doz Buckles		7	70..
To 10 Doz Knives		5.8	54..
To 1000 lb Cork	16^# %		162..
To 2 Bbls Fine Powder¹	⅌		314..14
To 6 Blunderbusses	⅌		144..
To 20 ⅌ Pistols	10^#		200..
To 30 Cuslasses	3^#		90..
To 5 Account Books			50..
To 6 Bundles Iron Hoops	w^t 1208 lb N^t 26^# %		314.. 1.. 6
To 3 Bbls Flour	32^#		96..—
To 1 Bbl Rice			103..11. 7
To 11 Bbl Pork			808.. 9..
To 52 Bshels Pease			93..12..
To 100 lb Butter & 2 Potts			74..—
To 10 Hogs & 7½ Doz Fowles			322..10..
To 15 lb Tea & Cannisters			66..
To 100 lb Loaf Sugar		18. 6	92.. 10
To 2 Ream paper & 100 quills			34..
To 125 lb Tobacco & Cask			377.. 1.. 3
To 2 Moulds for Howitzers			52..
To 92162 lb Neat Bar Lead	@235 ⅌ %		20752..17.. 6
To Barge Hire Express to L'orient & Freight to Quiber^n.			601.. 6..—
To Potatoes			105.. 6..—
To 4 Boatswains Call			27..—..
To Gabar² Hire			852..[tear]
To Barge ditto			4[tear]
Carried Forward			362[84 18..4]
Amount Brought Forward			36284 18..4
To Duck. . . . .	⅌ Bill. . . .		1253.. 7..3
To Shott. . . . .	⅌ d^o . . .		1700.. .. ..
To Brandy . . .	⅌ d^o . . .		5882.. 12..3
To Rum	⅌ d^o . . .		163.. 3
To Gin	⅌ d^o . . .		294..
To Medicines	⅌ d^o . . .		217.. 2..
To Surgeons Instrum^ts.	⅌ d^o:		112.. 4..
To Table Linnen	⅌ d^o.		243.. 10..
To Wine & Raisons	⅌ d^o.		515..
To Cheese Sugar &^c.	⅌ d^o.		794.. 7.. 6
To Candles	⅌ d^o.		466.. 14.. 3
To Sailmakers	d^o.		2048.. 6..
To Ropemaker	d^o.		760.. 14.. 4
To Butchers	d^o.		4397.. 8..
To Baker	d^o.		1424.. 16.. 4
To Blacksmith	d^o.		283.. 19..
To Ship Chandler	d^o.		470..—
To Brokers	d^o.		252.. 16.. 6
To Bernavels³	d^o.		1810.. 15..
To Odea	d^o.		2600.. 10..
To Shoemakers	d^o.		1310.. 0..
To Guerins	d^o.		662.. 16.. 6
To Vandersluys⁴	d^o.		135.. 16.. 6
To Sundry Expences			345.. 15..
To Pilot			119
To Board &^c. for Will Hart⁵			39.. 10..
To Cash 121.4. and Cloaths 30^# for Ditto			151.. 4..
To Cash to John Paul Jones Esq^r Comr. ⅌ Receipt			10020.. 5..
			74760.. 6.. 9
Commissions @ 5 ⅌Ct			3738..13.. 3
Nantes May 29^th. 1778			78499..—..—
Errors Excepted.

Copy, ViU, Jonathan Williams—Accounts of 1777; Lee Family Papers, 1750–1809, Accession No. 38-112; Special Collections Dept. Docketed: “No. 12/Continental Ship Rangers/Acct. wth. Jona. Williams at/Nantes May 10th 1778.”

1. In the account book of Jonathan Williams, Jr., this item is listed as “fine Gunpowder.” CtY, Jonathan Williams Account Books. Number 9 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.”

2. That is, gabare, a French lighter or flat-bottomed barge used as a store ship or transport vessel.

3. In the account book of Jonathan Williams, Jr., there is an entry for expenses of this amount for “Berneval, Ship Chandler, from 13 Dec^r. to 7^th. Feb^ry.” CtY, Jonathan Williams Account Books, Number 9.

4. In the account book of Jonathan Williams, Jr., the entry for this amount reads: “Mar 19 Wanderstays Painbœuf..Stores.” Ibid.

5. For more on the expenses charged to William Hart, a seaman in Ranger, see Jonathan Williams Jr., to Captain John Paul Jones, 24 Mar. 1778. NDAR 11: 1116.

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1778 May 29

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Volume 12

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

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

Jonathan Williams, Jr.'s, Account of Disbursements for the Continental Navy Ship Ranger, May 29, 1778

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