Our Starbord and the other on the Larboard Bow, steering No.West. We
fired Severall Shott to bring them too but one of them was Obstinate.
Capt. Hubbard brot. too att the first Shott. he was Come from Jamaica
and bound to York. he Informd Us that there was a large fleet Just
Arrived from England to Join the Admiral, that Admiral Vernon was Gone
to St. Aga[75] de Cuba, that there was a hott press both by Sea and
Land, and that the Spanish Admiral with a Large Man of Warr was blown
up att the Avanah,[76] which News We hope is true, that the other
Sloop was one Capt. Styles bound also to York and Saild in Comp'y with
him, that there was a Ship also to Load,[76a] which we Saw with a
Schooner, the former bound to London and the Schooner to Rhode Island.
Styles Received Some damage by his Obstinacy for not bringing too,
having hulled him and tore his Sails. Att 5 AM. Saw a top sail
Vessell, the Master Going to Mast-head to See what Course she Steer'd
had the misfortune to break his Arm Just above his wrist. Gave the
Vessell Chase as farr as Inagua Island[77] where she brot. too. We
made the Capt. Come on board with his papers. he Came from Lougan[78]
and was bound to Nantz in france, Loaded with Sugar, Indigo and Hydes,
also 300 ps. of 8/8 Sent by the Intendant to the Receiver of the
Customs of Nantz. We went aboard in his Yawl and found his Cargo
Agreeable to his Bills of Lading and Manifest togather with his
Clearance, so lett him past. he Informed Us that there was a Brigt.
belonging to the Spaniards att Lougan that Came in there by disstress
having Lost his Mast, Which Gentleman we hope to have the Honour to
dine or Sup with before Long. he further told Us that the Last North
Wind had done Great damage having drove Severall Vessell to Sea all
Unrigged.
[Footnote 75: Santiago. Vernon and Wentworth, having failed to take
Cartagena, were now planning an attack, which proved to be equally
unsuccessful, on Santiago de Cuba.]
[Footnote 76: The _Invencible_, flagship of Don Rodrigo de Torres, was
struck by lightning in Havana harbor, June 30, 1741, and blown up.
Letter of the viceroy Horcasitas, that day, describing the occurrence,
in Pezuela, _Historia de Cuba_, II. 575-577. The admiral did not
perish.]
[Footnote 76a: Leeward.]
[Footnote 77: A large island in the southern Bahamas.]
[Footnote 78: Leogane in Haiti (French).]
_Friday 18th._ Calm Weather for these 24 hours. Opened a bb. of beef
and a bb. flowr. Att 5 AM. saw two Sails Under Cape Nicholas[79] but
coud not speak with them it being start[80] Calm. the Mas'r is in a
fair way of doing well with his Arm.
[Footnote 79: The northwest cape of Haiti.]
[Footnote 80: Stark.]
_Saturday 19th._ Still moderate Weather. Saw a Sail. Gave Chase.
_Sunday 20th._ Att 5 PM. Came up with the Chase. she proved to be a
french Ship that was blown out of Loogan in the Hurricane 6 days ago.
she was obliged to Cut her Mizenmast to Gett Clear of the Land. her
Quarters were all Stove in and her head Carried away and neither
Anchor nor Cable aboard but perrishing for want of water. she had 16
hands aboard and but one Sailor, which was the Master. she had on
board 30 hhds. of Sugar, one hhd. and a barrell of Indigo, 13 hhds. of
Bourdeaux Wine and provisions plenty. We ordered his boat on board. as
soon as the Master Came over the side he fell on his knees and beg'd
for help and told us his deplorable Case. We Spared him some Water and
put one of Our hands aboard to Navigate his Vessell he being an Intire
Stranger on the Coast. he kept Comp'y with Us all Night. the Mas'r
Sent us a hhd. of Wine. Att 5 AM. saw the Ship a League to Windward of
Us. We then made in for the Mole by Cape Nicholas[81] and she Steering
after Us We bro't her in, but the Wind Coming ahead and his Ship out
of trim coud not work up as far as We, So she Came to an Anchor a
League below Us. the Capt. of the Ship is named Doulteau, the Ship _La
Genereuse_ from Rochell in france, Dutch built. Opened a bb. pork and
a bb. flowr.
[Footnote 81: The mole which gives the port its present name of
Mole-Saint-Nicolas.]
_Munday 21st._ Our Lieut. went ashoare to see if he coud kill any
Cattle, with 2 more hands. Some of the people went to find water,
found 7 Wells, Cleared them. the people on board being in fishing
Cought abundance of fish. some of Our hands compl[ained] they were
poisoin'd by Eating of the fish. Att 6 AM. Our pinnace went to the
Ship to tow her Up, but the Sea breeze Coming in fresh was obliged to
moor her as well as we Cou'd.
_Tuesday 22d._ The Capt. Sent me a board the Ship to know if they
wanted any Assistance. Att 9 PM. they fired a Gun and hoisted a Light
for the pinnace to Come on board to tow them up. the Capt. Sent her
with 20 hands and towd her above where we Lay and moor'd her head and
Stern free from all dangers. Our people very busy in wooding and
watering.
_Wednesday 23._ Att 6 PM. the Master of the Ship, Chas. Tesier, Came
on board to Return Our Capt. thanks for his kind Assistance and
Offered him any thing he might have Occasion for. he Gave the people
another hhd. of Clarett and some Sugar and a Quarter Cask for the
Capts. own drinking, also 6 Lenghth of old Junk.[82] Att 6 AM. Left
the poor frenchman in hopes of letting his Capt. Know where he was.
Weighd Anchor from the mold for Cape Maze with a fresh Gale att NW.
Gillmore Our mate Resignd his birth not being Qualifyed for it. John
Webb was put in his Room. Opened a bb. flower.
[Footnote 82: Old rope.]
_Thursday 24._ Att 1 PM. was abreast of Cape Maze. Att 6 Lay too Under
Our fore Sail. Att 7 AM. hoisted Our main Sail and Sett Our Jibb.
_Friday 25._ Fine Moderate Weather. Gott on Our Cruizing Ground the
No. side of Cuba.
_Saturday 26th._ About 5 PM. thought we Saw a Vessell att Anchor Under
the Land. Lay off and on till 5 AM. then Saw 2 Sails, a brig'ne and a
Sloop. Gave them Chase, the Sloop laying too for Us and the brig'ne
making the best of her Way to Leaward. We presently Came up with the
Sloop and when in Gun Shott hoisted Our pennant. the Compliment was
Returned with a Spanish Ensign att Mast head and a Gun to Confirm it.
We then went along Side of him and Rec'd his broadside which we
Chearfully Returnd with another. We then tackt, she dropping aStern,
and bore away before the Wind Crowding all the sail she Cou'd and We
doing the Like. Came again within Gunshott. In the time of Chase we
Shifted Our Bow Guns to Our fore ports and they had Done the like with
their After Guns to their Cabbin Windows, pelting of Us with their
Stern Chase and we pepering of them with Our fore Guns, So that after
several brisk fiering they att Last struck. We Ordered his Canoe on
board which was directly Mannd. the Capt. Came on board and delivered
his Commission and Sword to Our Capt. and Surrendered himself a
prisoner of War.[83] he was desperatly Wounded in the Arm and
severall small Shott in his head and body. three more of his hands was
wounded and one Negro boy Killed. This Vessell was fitted out in
Novem'r Last from the Avanah and had been on Our Coast Early in the
Spring and had taken severall Vessells and bro't them to the Avanah
and was again fitted out last August and had mett with Good Success on
the Coast of Virginia as per Acct. hereafter mentioned. she mounted 6
Guns and 12 Swivells and 38 hands, two of which were English men that
[had] been [made] prisoners and Entered in their Service. their
[names] is Caesar Dixon and Robert Patterson. We made all the Sail we
Cou'd Crowd after the Brigt. which by this time was almost out of
Sight. The damage we Received was not much. Only one man Slightly
wounded in the Engagement by a Splinter, John Taylor, two more by an
Accident a peice Going off after the fight and shott them both in the
Arm. We Received upwards of 20 Shott in Our Sails, 2 through Our Mast
and one through Our Gunnell port and all This day the _Revenge_
Establisht her Honour having almost Lost it by Letting the other
privateer Go off with them four Ships as is mentioned before. In chase
of the Brigt. who is making for the Land.
[Footnote 83: Captain Ponch (Ponce?) he is called in doc. no. 149, and
this identifies him with the Captain "Paunche or some such name" whom
John Grigg, mariner, of New York, saw at Havana when a prisoner there
in 1742-1743, "the same", he says, "who was some time since taken by
Captain Norton, and carried into Rhode Island, whence he got to the
Havannah, And who is a person sayd to be well acquainted with these
coasts". Affidavit in _N.Y. Col. Docs._, VI. 244.]
_Sunday 27th._ Att 4 AM. Came up with Chase. fired two Guns and bro't
her too. she was taken by the privateer 23 days before in the Latitude
26 No. Coming from Barbadoes Loaded with Rum, Sugar and some baggs of
Cotton, Commanded by Thomas Smith, bound to Boston. her Owners are
Messrs. Lee and Tyler Merchts. there.[84] she had on board 5 Spaniards
which we took aboard.
[Footnote 84: Thomas Lee of Salem and Boston (H.C. 1722) and John
Tyler, brazier. Capt. Thomas Smith's narrative is doc. no. 149.]
_Munday 28th._ Put the Lieut. on board the privateer prize with Sevl.
hands, also put on board the Brig'ne Capt. Thos. Smith with verball
Orders to follow Us till we Coud Gett Letters wrote to Send her to
Rhode Island to Capt. Freebody. Opened a tierce of bread.
_Tuesday 29._ Lost Sight of both prizes. Lay too best part of the fore
Noon to Lett them Come up with Us.
_Wednesday 30th._ Saw Our prize. bore down upon her. Ordered her Canoe
on board, the C Q M[85] went on board to fetch her powder and other
Stores out of her. Left but Six hands on board to Navigate her, with
Verball Orders to keep us Comp'y. Had a Vandue of old Cloaths which
amounted to 101 ps. 8/8 as per Leidger. No News of the Brig'ne. we
Suppose she is Gone to the No'w'd. she has one of Our hands on board,
Jere. Harman.[86]
[Footnote 85: Company's quartermaster.]
[Footnote 86: See doc. no. 148.]
_Thursday 1st Octor._ Calm Weather with thunder and Rain. Spoke with
the Sloop. Brave Living with Our people. Punch Everyday, which makes
them dream strange things which foretells Great Success in Our Cruize.
they dream of nothing but mad Bulls, Spaniards and bagg of Gold.
Examined the papers. found Severall Spanish and french among which the
Condemnation of Capt. Stockings Sloop. died on board the prize a Negro
boy.
_Friday 2d._ Att 6 AM. Saw a Ship Under the Land. stretchin[g] for her
we Saw aShore a french Pennant and English Ensign. Hoisted Our Spanish
Jack att Mast head and Sent Our pinnace aboard to discover what it
was. She proved to be a Ship that had been taken by Don Fransoiso[87]
Loranzo our prisoner, that had taken her off the Capes of Virginia and
had put a Lieut. and 10 more hands with 5 Englishmen to Carry her to
the Havanah, but the Spaniards Run her ashoare apurpose. We bro't off
the five Englishmen. the Spaniards having Run for it we Caught one and
bro't him on board. Sent Our prize alongside of her to Gett what Goods
we Cou'd Save. the Ship was Bilged.[88]
[Footnote 87: Francisco.]
[Footnote 88: Was staved in the bottom.]
_Saturday 3d._ The people busy in Getting Goods out of the Ship, we
Laying off and on.
_Sunday 4th._ Opened a bb. of beef. put the following hands on board
the prize With Orders to the Master which are as underneath written.
the people on board Are John Webb Masr., John Evergin Mate, Timothy
Northwood, James Hayes, Wm. Jackson, Joseph Marshall, John Elderidge,
James Jennings and a Bermudian Negro which was taken prisoner in a
fishing boat off of Bermudas by the Spanish Capt. (as Mariners) and
one Mollatto prisoner belonging to the Spaniards. Gave them a bb. of
beef and a bb. of pork.
Latitude 22.50 No. Octo'r 4th, 1741
Mr. John Webb
You being Appointed Master of the Sloop _Invinsible_, Late a
Spanish privateer Commanded by Capt. Don Fransoiso Loranzo
and taken by me and Comp'y, We Order You to keep Comp'y with
Us till further Orders, But if by some Unforeseen Accident,
Bad Weather Or Giving Chase We shou'd Chance to part Then We
Order that You proceed directly with said Sloop and Cargo to
Rhode Island in New England And if by the providence of God
You Safe Arrive there You must apply to Mr. John Freebody,
Merch't there, and deliver Your Sloop and Cargo to him Or
his Assigns.
You are also Ordered to take Care that You Speak to no
Vessell nor Suffer any to Speak with You during Your passage
nor Suffer any disorders on board but to take a Special Care
of the Cargo that none be Embezled. And if Weather permitts
You must be dilligent in drying of the Goods on board to
hinder them from Spoiling etc. Wishing You a Good Voyage We
Remain Your Friends
BN
DM
_Coppy of the Letter Sent to Capt. Freebody per John Webb in
the Sloop._
_Sr._
I hope my Sundry Letters Sent You by different hands are
Come Safe. My first was from the hook[89] Acquainting You
what Number of hands had on board the time of Sailing for
Providence, togather with an Acct. due from the Company to
the Owners. Att my Arrivall att Providence I wrote You of my
safe Arrival there and what Success we had mett with in Our
passage and delivered the Letter to Capt. Freeman, Bound to
Boston in a Schooner. a few days after had an Opportunity of
Informing You of an Unfortunate Accident which happened to
Us by thunder and the damage it had done Us. that went per
Capt. Barrett Via So. Carolina inclosed in a Letter to Mr.
Henry Collins, Sent to Mr. Steed Evance, who was desired to
forward it to him. the Last was per Capt. Green, bound to
Boston in the Sloop we had taken, Sold to Capt. Thomas
Frankland, whose first bill of Exch'ge for L540 NEC drawn by
him on his Brother, Messrs. Frankland and Lightfoot, Merch's
in Boston, togather with the Amount of what we Received for
Salvage for Retaken that Sloop was Inclosed.
[Footnote 89: Sandy Hook.]
This waits upon You with the Agreable News of Our taking a
Spanish privateer on the 26th of Septem'r last, off of Cape
Roman[90] att the No. side of Cuba, who was Conveying a
Brig'ne to the Avanah which he had taken in the Latitude 26
No. Coming from Barbadoes Bound to Boston with Rum, Sugar
and Some Baggs of Cotton. We had the pleasure to meet him
Early in the morning and Gave her Chase. when within a mile
of her we hoisted Our pennant. she Imediatly Returned the
Compliment with her Ensign att Mast-head and a Gunn to
Confirm it. we Received Severall Shott from her and
Chearfully Return'd them. then she made the best of her way,
Crowding all the Sail she Cou'd, and we doing the Like Came
again within Gun-Shott and plyed her with Our Bow Chase
which were shifted to the fore ports for that purpose and
she kept pelting of Us with her Stern Chase out of her
Cabbin windows. So that after Severall brisk Shott on both
Sides she Struck. Our Rigging, Mast and Gunnell Received
some damage. Upwards of 25 Shott went through Our Sails. 2
Shott went through Our mast and in the weakest part Just
below where it was fisht. a Shott Cut our fore Shrewd[91] on
the Larboard side and another went through Our Starboard
Gunnell, port and all. We had only one Man slightly wounded
with a Splinter by the Enemy, two others by an Accident on
board by one of the peoples peice Going off after the
Engagement, which shott them in the Arm. The poor Capt. of
the privateer was wounded in the Arm and the bone fractured,
One Negro boy Killed and others wounded. He was fitted out
last Novem'r att the Avanah and went to St. Aug'ne and was
on Our Coast Early in the Spring and took severall Vessells
as per list herein inclosed. he was again fitted out in
August last and had been on the Coast again and had taken
Severall more Vessells, as you will Observe by the Acct.,
but we had the Good fortune to Stop his Cruize. Is Name is
Don Fransoiso Loranzo, and by all Report tho' An Enemy a
brave Man, Endued with a Great deal of Clemensy and Using
his prisoners with a Great deal of humanity. the Like Usage
he has on board for he Justly deserves it.
[Footnote 90: An error of the quartermaster's in copying.
There is no Cape Roman on the north coast of Cuba. The
captain had no doubt written Cayo Romano. Cayo Romano is a
small island, one of the "Jardines del Rey" that fringe the
north coast of eastern Cuba, bordering on the Old Bahama
Channel.]
[Footnote 91: Shroud.]
We have Sent You the Sloop, Commanded by John Webb, Loaded
with Sundry Goods that has Rec'd some damage, which must
desire You to Unload directly and take Care to Gett them
dryed. there is also a Negro Boy that is Sickly, a Negro Man
said to be taken off of Barmudas by the privateer as he was
a fishing, and a Mollatto belonging to Some of the Subjects
or Vassalls of the King of Spain, all which We Recomend to
Your Care that they may not Elope. the Number of Spanish
prisoners taken on board is 48, out of which is Eleven of
the blood of Negroes, The Capt. Included, for which we dont
doubt having his Majestys bounty mony, which is L5 Ster. per
head. We also desire that the Vessell may not be Condemned
till Our Arrivall but only Unloaded and a Just Acct. taken
of what on board. As to the Brigantine, the Capt. of her,
whom we put in again out of Civility, has Used Us in a Very
Rascally manner, for he Run away with the Vessell from Us in
the Night and no doubt with a design to Cheat Us of Our
Salvage, which is the one half of Brig and Cargo, the Enemy
having had possession of her 22 days. As she is a Vessell of
Value, hope You'l do Your Endeavours to Recover Our Just
dues and Apply to the Owners who are, as we are Credibly
Informed, Messrs. Lee and Tyler of Boston, both Under the
State of Conviction Since the Gospell of Whitefield and
Tennant [h]as been propagated in New England,[92] So that we
are in hopes they will Readily Give a Just Acct. of her
Cargo and her true Value and Render to Caesar the things
that are Caesars, which is the Moral preachd by Whitefield.
[Footnote 92: An allusion to the "Great Awakening", and to
the revivalist preaching of George Whitefield in Boston in
the autumn of 1740 and of Gilbert Tennent in the ensuing
winter. Tyler at any rate (John Tyler of Boxford and Boston)
seems certainly to have been affected by the "New Light"
movement, for in 1745 the Second Church in Boxford suspended
him, among others, for "receiving into their houses
Itinerant Preachers and holding meetings in opposition to
the repeated entreaties of their Brethren". _The Tyler
Genealogy_, I. 43.]
As this will Require a Law Suit I hope You'l Gett the best
Advice You possibly Can and Gett her Seized if att Boston or
Else Where and Gett her Condemned. She was designed to be
Consign'd to You and the Master Sent on board to take
possession and Gett things in Order to Sail, whilest we were
Getting Letters wrote and bills of Lading with a hand to Go
with him, but he Gave Us the Slip. So Relying on Your Care
we don't doubt but you'll Recover her and add her to the
privateer prize. The Brig'ne was Called the _Sarah_,
Commanded by Thos. Smith, had on board 11 hhds. of Rum, 23
hhds. of Sugar and 12 bags of Cotton. she was Well fitted
with 4 Swivells, one Gun and other Stores, a New pink
Stern[93] Vessell. One of Our hands he Carryed with Us[94]
whose Name is Jerem'h Harman, who no doubt will Acquaint You
of the whole Affair. We hope you'l Shew no favour to the
Capt. for his ill Usage and Gett a Just Acct. of his
Venture, which one half is our due. This Affair is
Recomended to You by all the Company and hope that you'll
Serve to the Utmost of Your powers, not doubting in the
least of Your Justice and Equity.
[Footnote 93: Sharp-sterned.]
[Footnote 94: Error for, with him.]
Inclosed You'l Receive Capt. Frankland['s] 2 Bill of Exchg.
on his Brother for L540, also a List of what Vessells taken
by Fransoiso Loranzo Since he first went out on his Cruize,
which You may Use att pleasure Either to publish or
Conceal. We are still Cruizing on the No. side of Cuba and
are in hopes of Getting something worth while in a Short
time. all in Good health. So having no more to add but My
Kind Remembrance to all friends, I Remain
S'r, Y'rs, BN.
_Munday 5th._ Fine moderate Weather. the Comp'y Gave the Capt. a Night
Gown, a Spencer Wigg[95] and 4 pair of thread Stock'gs, to the Lieut.
a pr. of Buck skin Breeches, the Doctor bot. a Suit of broad Cloth
which Cost him 28 ps. of 8/8 which is Carried to his Acct. in the
Sloops Leidgers. Six men that had been prisoners Signed Our Articles,
Viz. Patterson taken out of the Sloop, and John Greenshaw, Thos.
Sinclair, Lawrence Willson, James Hadle, Jno. Bruman, prisoners on
board the Ship. the whole Vandue this day amounted to 9 ps. 8/8 4 R.
[Footnote 95: A variety of periwig named after Charles Spencer, better
known as the second earl of Sunderland. A night-gown in 1741 was a
dressing-gown.]
Expended this month: 7 bb. beef, 3 bbs. of pork, 6 bbs. flour, 2
tierces of bread.
_146. Account of the Crew with the Owners. October 30, 1741._[1]
[Footnote 1: Massachusetts Historical Society. It is hard to interpret
this account. It will be seen that L1776 16s. 9d. New England currency
is reckoned as equal to 1972-1/8 pieces of eight or Mexican dollars.
That would be reckoning 18s. of New England paper money to the dollar,
or about 20s. 6d. to the ounce of silver. But in 1741 the rate of
depreciation was certainly much higher. In January of that year
Governor Ward of Rhode Island reports to the Board of Trade, "that for
these six years last past, bills have continued to be equal to silver
at twenty-seven shillings per ounce". _Col. Recs. R.I._, V. 13. And
the Massachusetts rate was twenty-nine or more.]
Comp'y of the Sloop _Revenge_ their Acct. Curt. with the Owners.
Dr. New Eng'd Cur'y Ps. 8/8. R.
To the first Out sett for provisions
etc. bot. att Rhode
Island and New York, being L1698. 6.3 1886.4
To Rum and Sugr. bot. att
provid'ce. 39.12. 44.
To cash paid Mr. Stowe per
B.N. 19.11.6 20.1
To do. for prison fees for a Negro
and Mollo. Slaves. 4.19. 5.4
To John Wright for frock and
trowsers. 1. 7. 1.4
To Cash paid for Storedge of the
provisions. 7. 4. 8.
To a bb. of Pork. 5.17. 6.4
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L1776.16.9 Ps. 8/ 1972.1
Cr.
By Cash Recd of Mr. Moon L137. 5. 152.
By a bill of Exchg. of Capt.
Frankland 540. 600.
By ditto pd. per the Compy. Qr.
Mr. 3 mens Share who were
discharged 8. 2. 9.
By a bb. of tarr 2.14. 3.
By Cash for three mens share of
the provs. Expended 16. 4.9 18.
By Cash Recd of Mr. Stone for
part of a Negro Sold to him 21.12. 24.
By Cash Shipt per Capt. Pittman,
Vizt.
Gold--54-3/4 Moidrs.[2] at 7-1/2
Ps. 8/ 368.17.9 409.7
38 pistoles 153.18. 171.
2-1/2 Johannes 45. 50.
In Silver L3. 5. Ster.
Advce. 13.[3] 16. 5 NECy 16. 5 18.1
139 mild[4] ps. of 8/8 166.16. 139.
------------------------
1476.14.6 1594.
By ball'ce due per Acct. by the
Comp'y 300. 2.3 378.1
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L1776.16.9 1972.1
-------------------------
Errors Excepted
October the 30th, 1741
Per P. Vezian Capt. Qr. Mr.
133 Mild ps. 8/8
5 Piller ps. 8/8[5]
1 french Crown[6]
L3. 4s. 0d. English Mony.
Sent by Robert Griffin to New York
133 Mild ps. of Eight L53. 4.0
54 Moydores in Gold at 44s.[7] 118.16.0
---------
New York Mony L172. 0.0
[Footnote 2: The moidore and the johannes were Portuguese coins, the
pistole Spanish. The moidore was worth six pieces of eight, the
pistole four, the johannes eight. Here they are reckoned at 7-1/2,
4-1/2, and 20, respectively; but perhaps the last were "double joes".]
[Footnote 3: "Advance 13", _i.e._, add four times the amount (or
multiply by five) to bring the sum from sterling to New England
currency, at the rate here assumed; L3. 5s. sterling was really worth
only about 15 pieces of eight.]
[Footnote 4: Milled.]
[Footnote 5: Spanish dollars on which appeared pillars symbolizing the
Pillars of Hercules.]
[Footnote 6: An ecu of six livres, = $1.08.]
[Footnote 7: The moidore is here reckoned at 44s. New York money; it
is reckoned above at 135s. New England money.]
_147. Petition and Complaint of John Freebody. November 5, 1741._[1]
[Footnote 1: Records of the Admiralty Court held in Boston, "vol. V.",
kept in the Suffolk County Court-house. These supplement effectively
the papers given to the Massachusetts Historical Society by Professor
Norton.]
At a Court of Admiralty holden at Boston before the Hono'ble Robert
Auchmuty, Esq'r., Judge of said Court, December the Seventh, Anno.
Dom. 1741.
Province of the } To the Hono'ble Robert Auchmuty,
Massachusetts Bay SS. } Esqr., Judge of Vice
} Admiralty in Boston.