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[page] 143 Whitby charge the 4th March 1741/2 in Repairing the Ship and fitting for Stockholm £ s d

To Jas Coates note of p:ticulars for Plank & timber 41 10 0

To Benj Coates do p: do 06 18 6

To 3 Hold Beams and 2 Deck do bought at Elsinore 03 16 0

To 25 Spruce Deals to lay the main Deck 13 18 0

To 2 of do 2 inch for the main Bulks head 00 18 9

To Smith Work as p: note 16 19 0

To Standards and Knees of Capn Sympson 02 10 0

To white and Black Ockam 01 15 11

To 6 timbers for the waste and 2 small Knees 00 12 0

To Props Trinnels and Sett Wedges 00 10 0

To Pitch pott floatt and oyll for Calking 00 10 1

To Carpinters Wages 23 05 11

To Lowance and Beer to Sea 08 05 0

To  a new main Capp Joyners Work and Blocks 02 01 5

To 1 stone of Pitch 00 01 0

To 1 dosen Brooms 00 01 0

To Painting the new Work of ye inside 00 07 6

To laying the Ship on the Ways 00 05 0


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..... Carpinters charge £124 05 11






To 7C 3q 10pd Beeff @ 23s p C 09 00 0

To 2 1 24 do @ 22 p C 02 14 4

To Saltt 8s 9d and 4 & 3/4 Bushell Peas 19s 01 07 9

To 1/2 firkin Butter 10s 6d Greas for Masts 3s 5d 00 13 11

To Bread Peas and flower as p: notes 08 18 6

To 24 pd Candells 00 13 8

To mending forecastle Harth 00 01 0

To Shipping one man 00 01 0

To mending Beer and Water Casks 00 12 0

To Ratline and Hambro' Line 01 08 3

To Ballasting the Ship 01 13 0

To mending the Skifftt 00 08 4

To a Protection 00 15 0

To 4 Bushells of Coals 00 03 9

To a new Mainsaill and fixing 19 10 0

To cobble foy for helping to Sea 00 08 6


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Aprill the 31 1742 Whitby charge Repairing and fitting for Stockholm £172 14 11










[page] 144 An Acct of Extra charge and disbursments p: the Year 1742 not placed in any other Acct £ s d

To two 78 fatms 11 3/4 inch Cable Qua. 47C 0q 08pd @ 32s 75 06 0

To one Barr. Tarr and 1 do Pitch at Stockhm 00 19 0

To twine and Canvass to mend the Sails 00 12 0

To worming p. Best Bower Cable & Rope as p. note 03 17 6

To the Blocks makers note for two Wood Guns &c 01 19 0

To old Rope to open out 00 14 10

To the Smiths note for fixing the Gunn Ports & other thing 03 04 0

To Carpinter for cutting out Gun Ports and Calking the Ships Binns as p: note 07 13 0

To a new Water Cask 0 10 0

To mending cabon windows 0 12 6






Extra charge p: the year 1743



To Lead for the [?Colee?] main stay and timber to put down the Ship Bow 0 17 6

To Blocks as p: note 1 02 0

To Old junk Ockam husline & marline 1 04 0

To Rosom Oyll p: masts ahead of Pitch &c as p: note 0 15 10

To 30 half Deals p: Bulk heads 0 15 0

To streighting the Sheet Ankor 0 15 0

To  enw Skift as p: note 7 00 0

To  a hide for [?Sawices?] 0 19 0

To a new Stock p: Sheat ankor & two pr Oars 1 13 6

To a new Foresaill Hollands Duck as p: note 12 16 0

To main & fore Sheets & a Quoill Lanyard as p: note 5 15 0

To Nails and mending Rother work 1 10 0

To a Bolt thin canvass p: flying Jibb & twine 3 01 6

To a new Towline mr. Tacks & Buoy Rope of Mr Pearson as p: note 18 10 6


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..... Extra charge & disbursmt £152 02 8






To a new main and Foretopsaill of Russia Duck as p: note of Jas Atty Jan the 16th 1743/4 18 14 2


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..... Extra charge & disburm p 1742 & 1743 £170 16 10










[page] 145 Charges att Stockholm May the 14th 1742 p: the 1st Voyage CD ore

To Beeff as p: note 241 12

To Beer as p: do 94 16

To Blocks and Boat Oars 05 16

To 1 Dosen Deals and fire Wood p: the Ships use 25 07

To small Nails 1 Eye Boltt & scuper clap 07 00

To Oatmeall Brimstone and Spoons 01 10

To Oyll for the masts & charge of Ballast 18 14

To 1/3d part Portt Charges 372 31

To 8 firkins flower 112 00


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..... Charge at Stockholm CD878 10

Exchange is 39 Coppr Dollars to one Pound Sterling wcg charge amts to Sterling money £22 10 0






Elsinore charge the 15th July 1742



To mending cabon Windows 00 01 6

To 2 Bushells Peas 00 08 0

To mending Pump Bolts thimbly & filling water 00 04 8

To 3 pd twine and fresh Butter 00 07 6

To Beeff 03 05


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..... Charge at Elsinore £4 06 8






Norway charge



To 1/3d Piloltage in and outt 0 08 0

To fish for the People 0 03 0


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Stockholm Norway & Elsinore charge £27 07 8






London charge the 6th Aug



To 1/3 Lights and Reporting 1 12 6

Wages p: the Voyage 3mo & 15 days 110 05 0

To two Protections 1 10 0


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..... Wages and Charges p: ye Voy £140 15 2

Recd freight for 125 Last Iron at 35 p: Last £218 15 0


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..... Proffitt p: this Voyage £77 19 10










[page] 146 Charges att London the 20th Aug 1742 fitting for Stockholm £ s d

To 8C 2qs 15 Beeff @ 24s p C 10 04 0

To Bread flower and Peas as p: note 08 16 0

To Chees Butter and Saltt p: Beeff 04 06 0

To 2 Cwt Stockfish 01 00 0

To Beer as p: note 03 08 6

To 3/4 chd Coals 01 01 0

To Oakam Map and scrubing brushes 00 16 6

To a Protection 00 15 0

To crimpage p{ 4 Sailors 01 02 6

To compasses Glasses mending & other things 00 12 0

To 24 pound Candells 00 15 4

To clearing the monthly Bill 00 15 0

To clearing the Ship p: goods at Custumhouse 02 16 0

To 8 yds Vain Stuff 00 04 0

To 4pd small Nails 00 01 8

To twine and Saill Needells 00 01 8

To two Pump hooks mending 00 01 0
Sep the 6th To 2 Gallons vinegar 00 01 8






Yarmouth the 17th Sep



To 3C 2q 18pd Beeff @ 26s p C 04 15 0

To 1 1 12 do @23 01 11 0

To 4 Cwght Bread @ 10s 02 00 0

To 28 pound Plums for puddings 00 10 0

To candles 4s 11d and Saltt 7s 6d 00 12 5

To 2 Barr Beer 16s twine and needells 2s 10d 00 18 10

To men to help to Launch the Boatt 00 05 0

To the Masters travelling charge from London 02 13 6

To a Boat to set the Master on Bod 00 10 6

To Greens 00 02 6

To clearing the Ship at Gravesend omitted above 00 12 6


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Sep ye 27th ..... London and Yarmouth Charges £51 09 11










[page] 147 Charges in Cancer Sound the 9th Oct 1742 £ s d

To one fatm fire wood 00 10 0

To 1 Barr Beer 00 09 0
17th To 1/2 dosen pd candells 00 03 0






Elsinore the 18th Oct



To 1 Ankor Brandy 01 08 0

To fresh meat 00 05 0

To candells 00 05 3


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..... Cancer Sound & Elsinore charge £3 00 3






Stockholm the 7th Nov 1742 CD ore

To  a Pitch pott 05 00

To Nails severall sorts 38 31

To Labourers to load the Ship 80 00

To laying the Sails ashore and lodgings p: ye men 42 00

To Salt Oatmeall Butter and greens 71 15

To canvass twine and Bolt Rope as p: note 65 14

To Rope as p: do 91 08

To Oyll p: the Carpinter 03 00

To 6 Handspeaks & a sparr p: a yard 12 00

To mending the Kettle 09 00

To an Axe for cutting wood 02 00

To two carpinters two days each 12 00

To Candells Peas and greas p: masts 142 24

To mending a Locke 1 CD 16 ore 01 16

To Bread as p: note 590 00

To Beer as p: do 276 00

To Stores p: the Cap that came home in the ship 86 00

To clearing the Ship and men at the flagg & [?f....ham..?] 36 00

To Beeff as p: note 1420 00

To 1/3d Portt Charges 439 31

To 1 Barr Tarr 24 00

To Deals p: the Ships use 40 00


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..... Stockholm Charge Cdollr 3488 11

Exchange is 39 Coppr Dollars to one Pound Sterling wch charge makes Sterling money £89 08 10





First small slip of paper  inserted between pages 148 & 149 We hereby Certify that by order of Mr John Wilkins........ Whitby, Five Hundred Pounds was Insured on the B..... From London to Stockholm and back to London at Fou.... Guineas p Cent, the latter End of the year 1742, For ........ He paid at the Office of Messrs Woodmass & Mackay Twenty ..... Pounds Four Shillings & Six Pence. June 2d 1755 Willm Woodmass Robt Woodmass


Second small slip of paper inserted between pages 148 & 149 Wages p: the Voy: to Stockhm p: the year 17.. £ s d
To Cap. Thos Hewett 5 mo. 28d at £6 p: mo due when dy'd 3.. .. ..
To the Mate 9 mo. At 4 p: do 36 00 ..
To the Carpinter 8 do. At do. 32 00 ..
To Fras Gill 6 do at 2 10 dy'd 15 00 ..
To Jno Dyers 5 do. 22 at do dy'd 14 06 ..
To Wm Rowland 5 do. 15 at do deserted paid 09 00 0
To Benj [?Pe.....?] 5 do. 15 at do deserted paid 09 12 6
To Wm Thompson 4 do at 2:10 & 5 do at 1:5 16 05 0
To Jno Charlton 4 do at do 16 05 0
To 5 Boys 4 do at £7 & 5 do at £3 10s 45 10 0
To 4 Danish Sailors to bring the Ship home 09 12 0
To the Swedish Master p: do 20 00 0


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£259 03 ..







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transcript Dave King, published 23.6.2014