Henry Sherburne’s Account for Iron Work for the Ship of the Line Building at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, June 1777

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June	John Langdon Esq to Henry Sherburne				D^r
1777
For	Iron work Done for ye 74 Gun Ship¹ up to October Last
	To workeing 8098^lb Iron @ 7^d P^r Agreement				236.	3.10
	To riviting 112 Bolts @ 1 /14 augers @ 30/				26.	12.
October
	To workeing 19228 Iron now in Shop @ 1/				961.	8
	To 23 Trunell augers in Shop @ 36/				41.	8
					£1265.	11.10
	Tons	C	q	lb
	To 13..	13..	0..	26 Bar Iron @ 70	£956.	6. 3
	To work for United States P^r Cap^t Harts² Bill				6-	19- 6
	To mending & repareing Chains				4-	0- 0
	To 30^lb Iron work for Dock @ 4/				6-	0- 0
	To 168 Staples for Timber @ 3/				25-	4- 0
					2264.	1. 7
	Gratuity for overseeing the Work———				15.
					2279.	1. 7

Portsm^o June 1778

Errors Excepted P^r Henry Sherburne

DS, PHi, John Langdon Papers. Notation: “Exam^d.”

1. The 74-gun ship of the line was later named America.

2. Probably, Capt. John Hart, commanding New Hampshire privateer ship Portsmouth.

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1778 June 1

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American Theater, June 1 to August 15, 1778

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