Difference between revisions of "Thomas Whiting to Wythe, 22 November 1777"

From Wythepedia: The George Wythe Encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
m (→‎External links)
m (→‎Letter text, 22 November 1777)
Line 19: Line 19:
 
An Estimate of the probable expence of the Navy for the ensuing Year.—
 
An Estimate of the probable expence of the Navy for the ensuing Year.—
  
−
Pay of 1300 men & their officers for one Year £69,500.. ..
+
{| width="75%" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0; white-space: nowrap;"
−
Provisions & Liquors for Ditto 35,500.. ..
+
| width="90%" style="text-align: left;" |Pay of 1300 men & their officers for one Year
 +
| width="10%" style="text-align: right;" |£69,500.. ..
 +
|-
 +
| width="90%" style="text-align: left;" |Provisions & Liquors for Ditto
 +
| width="10%" style="text-align: right;" |35,500.. ..
 +
|}
 
</blockquote>
 
</blockquote>
  
Line 26: Line 31:
  
 
<blockquote>
 
<blockquote>
−
Pay of the Commissioners, Clerks &c
+
{| width="75%" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0; white-space: nowrap;"
−
Four Vessells building at the Chickahomany Yard
+
| width="90%" style="text-align: left;" |Pay of the Commissioners, Clerks &amp;c
−
Wear &amp; Tear for one Year, rigging, Sails &amp;c
+
| width="10%" style="text-align: right;" |2000.. ..
−
Medecines &amp;c.
+
|-
 +
| width="90%" style="text-align: left;" |Four Vessells building at the Chickahomany Yard
 +
| width="10%" style="text-align: right;" |60,000.. ..
 +
|-
 +
| width="90%" style="text-align: left;" |Wear &amp; Tear for one Year, rigging, Sails &amp;c
 +
| width="10%" style="text-align: right;" |15,000.. ..
 +
|-
 +
| width="90%" style="text-align: left;" |Medecines &amp;c.
 +
| width="10%" style="text-align: right;" |500.. ..
 +
|-
 +
| width="90%" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;
 +
| width="10%" style="text-align: right; border-style: solid; border-color: 000000; border-width: 1px 0 1px 0;" |&pound;182,500.. ..
 +
|}
  
−
Certified by Order of the Navy Board Nov: 22<sup>d.</sup> 1777.-
+
::::::::::Certified by Order of the Navy Board Nov: 22<sup>d.</sup> 1777.&mdash;
 +
:::::::::::Thom<sup>o.</sup> Whiting 1<sup>st.</sup>. Com<sup>r.</sup>
  
−
<div align="right">
+
<div style="font-size: 90%">
−
Thom<sup>o.</sup> Whiting 1<sup>st.</sup>. Com<sup>r.</sup>
+
L, Vi, Miscellaneous Naval Papers. Addressed: "The honble George Wythe/Speaker of the House of/Delegates." Docketed: "Letter from the Commissioners/of the Navy inclosing/estimate of the expences of the Navy for the/Current Year./Nov: 24th 1777."
 
</div>
 
</div>
−
L, Vi, Miscellaneous Naval Papers. Addressed: "The honble George Wythe/Speaker of the House of/Del- egates." Docketed: "Letter from the Commissioners/of the Navy inclosing/estimate of the expences of the Navy for the/Current Year./Nov: 24th 1777." 
 
 
</blockquote>
 
</blockquote>
  

Revision as of 19:29, 2 April 2018

‎William Bell Clark, and ‎William James Morgan, eds., Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Vol. 10, American Theatre Oct. 1, 1777-Dec. 31, 1777; European Theatre, Oct. 1, 1777-Dec. 31, 1777, Pt. 2 (Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1996), 572-573.[1]

Letter text, 22 November 1777

Page 572

Sir

Williamsburg 22d. Nov: 1777.

I have the honour to inclose you an estimate of the probable expence of the Navy for the ensuing Year agreeable to the resolution of your house.—I am [&c.]

Thomo. Whiting 1st.. Comr.

[Enclosure]
An Estimate of the probable expence of the Navy for the ensuing Year.—

Pay of 1300 men & their officers for one Year £69,500.. ..
Provisions & Liquors for Ditto 35,500.. ..

Page 573

Pay of the Commissioners, Clerks &c 2000.. ..
Four Vessells building at the Chickahomany Yard 60,000.. ..
Wear & Tear for one Year, rigging, Sails &c 15,000.. ..
Medecines &c. 500.. ..
  £182,500.. ..
Certified by Order of the Navy Board Nov: 22d. 1777.—
Thomo. Whiting 1st.. Comr.

L, Vi, Miscellaneous Naval Papers. Addressed: "The honble George Wythe/Speaker of the House of/Delegates." Docketed: "Letter from the Commissioners/of the Navy inclosing/estimate of the expences of the Navy for the/Current Year./Nov: 24th 1777."

See also

References

  1. ↑ ‎William Bell Clark, and ‎William James Morgan, eds., Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Vol. 10, American Theatre Oct. 1, 1777-Dec. 31, 1777; European Theatre, Oct. 1, 1777-Dec. 31, 1777, Pt. 2 (Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1996), 572-573.

External links

Retrieved from "http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Thomas_Whiting_to_Wythe,_22_November_1777&oldid=66345"