In Councill [Watertown] Sept 26, 1776ー
Ordered that Mr Ross be Permitted to take onboard the ship William the Articles hereafter named as Provisions for the Voyage.
4 Tr[ce]s & 4 blls Salt Beeff 2 blls Pork & 1 bll Pease 1 bll Herrings & 1 do Meal 2000 lb Bread 3 firkins of Butter & 2 boxes Candles 20 Sheep 30 young Sho[a]ts, 12 dozn fowls, 3 dozn Geese & 100 lb fish 100 lb Coffee 6 lb Tea 200 lb Sugar 12 Cheeses & 12 Hams 1 hhd Madeira & 1 hhd Porter in bottles, 40 Galls Rum 6 casks Cyder 2 Cases Gin ー 100 lb spare rope A few Vegetables of difft kinds 50,000 Galls water Hay & Corn for the live Stock 1 Chaldron Coals & fire woodー
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 165, 110.
