Account of Stores on board Massachusetts Privateer Ship Minerva, Captain John Grimes, June 1, 1778

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[Boston 1 June 1778]¹

An Acco^t. of Stores on board the Ship Minerva for her present intended Cruise———

59	Casks Powder—w^t. 45^cwt.
1350	round Shot
400	bar Shot
500	Cannister Shot
1800	Cartridge Coffins
40	small Arms
40	cartouch boxes
17	Pistols
20	Cutlasses
40	Tomahawks
40	Spears
50	Pair hand cuffs
5	Blunderbusses
5	Swivels
4	Boxes lead Ball w^t. 361^lb
50	hand grenades
24	Mess Tubs
24	Mess Kegs
24	Wooden Bowls
18.	9 pound Cannon Cartridge Boxes
4.	9^t. Copper Ladles
18	Rope rammars & Spunges
9	Wood rammars & D^o.
[torn] "	Worms &c
4	Swivel Ladles
4	Copper powder measures
A	Copper Adz & vise

D, NjP, Andre de Coppet Collection (C0063), John Cushing and Samuel White Papers, 1775–1787, Papers relating to Ship Minerva, Purser’s Book, p. 4.

1. The date is taken from the previous page in Minerva’s Purser’s Book.

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1778 June 1

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American Theater, June 1 to August 15, 1778

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