Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Volume 9
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Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 9 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jun. 1, 1777–Jul. 31, 1777 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jun. 1, 1777–Sept. 30, 1777 AMERICAN THEATRE: Aug. 1, 1777– Sept. 30, 1777 United States Government Printing Office Washington, 1986 Electronically published by American Naval Records Society Bolton Landing, New York 2012 AS A WORK OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THIS PUBLICATION IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. APPENDICES APPENDIX A [The series of sketches which comprise this appendix are by Captain Hector McNeill commanding officer of the Continental Navy frigate Boston. On July 7, 1777, Boston in company with the frigate Hancock, Captain John Manley, and a captured Royal Navy frigate, Fox, fell in with a British squadron under Captain Sir George Collier. McNeill's drawings depict ship positions at various times during the running action which ensued. Manlcy surrendered the Hancock, the Fox was retaken while the Boston ran to safety on the Maine coast. This volume contains American and British accounts of the action.] 1. MassHS. These sketches are also published in Philip Chadwick Foster Smith's book Fired by Manley zeal; A Naval Fiasco of the American Revolution (Salem, Mass., 1977). Victor Rainbow Boston sloop Hancock Flora Fox Victor Rainbow Boston sloop Flora Hancock Fox Victor Rainbow sloop Boston Hancock Fox Flora sloop Rainbow Flora Bozton Hancock Fox Rainbow Boston Hancoch Flora Fox Rainbow Boston Hancock Flora Fox Boston Hancock Rainbow Fox Flora Boston Fox Rainbow Flora Hancock Boston Fox Flora Hancock Rainbow APPENDIX I3 [This detailed and highly informative document was prepared by the Conti- nental Marine Committee and may have been carried as a "shopping list" by Benjamin Franklin when he sailed for France on board the Continental Navy brig Reprisal in the fall of 1776. In April, 1777, the French ship la The'rBse cleared out from Nantes and crossed safely to Cape Fransois, St. Domingue. She was, as Beaumarchais wrote to Vergennes, "a richly laden vessel," and Franklin said she carried stores for fitting out two 36 gun frigates3 La The'rdse's cargo manifest shows a large quantity of cordage, sailcloth and anchors which were consigned to M. Carabasse, Continental agent at Cape Fran~ois,by the American Commissioners in Fran~e.~ On October 4, 1779, more than two years after the arrival of la The'rdse in the \Yest Indies, Franklin wrote to John Jay, President of Congress, that he had just learned that the naval stores had never been called for and were still in Carabasse's warehouses. "Probably," Franklin conjectured, "by the miscarriage of Letters the Navy Board never heard of those Goods being there." A letter went off to Carabasse on June 1, 1780, from the Continental Board of Admiralty about these materials which were "to be by you forwarded to some of our ports on this Con- tinent," and enjoined him to send the stores to Boston, Philadelphia or Baltimore post haste.' Carabasse replied on November 20 that he had sent "these same goods" in five vessels, three to Charleston and two to Edenton, and that they had arrived safely in port.' Unfortunately, he does not indicate the date the ships were dis- patched for North and South Carolina.] 1. Benjamin Franklin Papers, vol. 1,299, HSP. 2. See Volume 8,8 17 3. Continental Board of Admiralty to the Continental Navy Board of the Eastern Department, May 30, 1780, Miscellaneous, Papers of the Continental Congress, Papers Relating to Naval Affairs, Marine Committee Letter Book, 254, NA. 4. Papers CC (Transcripts of Letters From Arthur Lee, William Lee, Ralph Izard and the Joint Commissioners of the United States to France, 1776-80), 102, IV, 131-35, NA. 5. Papers CC (Letters and Reports From Robert Morris, Superintendent of Finance and Agent of Marine, 1781-85), 137, I, 669-71, NA. 6. Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress, Papers Relating to Naval Affairs, Marine Committee Letter Book, 255, NA. 7. Papers CC (Letters and Reports From Robert Morris, Superintendent of Finance and Agent of Marine, 1781-85), 137, I, 673-75, NA. 1002 APPENDICES Materials for a Frigate of 36 Guns Canvas for Sails & c A French ............... 3096- Ells equal to No 1 English 3870 Yards B ........................ 2734 .......... .............. 2 ............ 3480 C ........................ 2240 ........................ 3 ............ 2800 D ........................ 3456 ........................ 6 ............ 4.320 E ........................ 936 ........................ 7 ............ 1170 K ........................ 676% ..................... 8 ............ 846 13 188% Ells equal to 16486 Yards Cannon T Cwt Main Deck ........................ 28 12 Pdrs at 30 Cwt ......... 42 Quarter Deck & Fore Castle ... 8 6 Pdrs 18 Cwt ......... 7 4 36 Guns Tons 49 4 Anchors T Cwt 1 Sheet Anchor 1 18 3 Bowers 35 Cwt each 5 5 1Stream 12 1Kedge 6 8 1 - -- p~ -~ Cables & Cordage T Cwt grs lb 2 Cables ..................... 110 Fathom each of 17 Inches 6 12 123 4 Do ........................ 102 ..................... 16 ............ 11 8 2 11 2 Do ............... :........ 120 ..................... 1.5 ............ 5 12 2 - 2 Hawsers ..................... 120 ..................... 10 ............. 2 10 - - 2 Do ........................ 110 ..................... 8 ............ 19 19 2 Do ........................ 130 ..................... 6 ............ 19 2 - 2 Do ........................ 130 ..................... 5 ............ 13 2 4 Main Shrouds \ ............... 152 ..................... ......... 1 2 3 14 8 of a Side Cable laid Fore Shrouds ............... 144 ..................... 8 ............ 19 0 20 8 of a Side , Main Stay ..................... 16 ..................... lot/, ......... 3 2 19 Main Spring Stay ............ 14v2 .................. 9 ............ 2 .1 21 Carried Over 31 14 0 9 APPENDICES 1003 Cables & Cordage Brot Over 29 5 13 19 Fore Stay ........................ 14% Fathom 10 Inches 302 Fore Spring Stay ............... 13y2 .................. 8 v2 ......... 1 3 21 Mizzen Shrouds 5 of a Side ... 90 ..................... 7 ............ 9 0 21 Mizzen Stay .................. 13y2 .................. 8 ............ 201 Mizzen Spring Stay ......... 12 ..................... 6 v2 ......... 106 Main T M Shrouds 5 of a Side ........................... 100...................... 6 ............ 7 2- Main T M B Stay & T M Stay 4 of a side ............ 220 ..................... 7 ............ 1 2 1 23 Fore T M Shrouds 5 of a side 95 ..................... 5 3/4 ......... 8 0 6 Fore T M B S[tay] & T M Stay 4 of a side ............ 220 ..................... 6% ......... 19 1 12 3 Coils 100 Fathom .................................... 6% ......... 16117 3 Do100 ................................................ 6 ............ 1 2 2- 4 Do 100 ................................................ 5v2 ......... 15023 4 Do 100 ................................................ 5 ............ 1 0 0 22 8 Do 80 ................................................ 4% ......... 112 112 8 Do 80 ................................................ 4 ............ 1 1 19 10 Do 80 ................................................ 3% ......... 140 8 10 Do 80 ................................................ 3v2 ......... 1 0 0 5 16 Do 80 ................................................ 3 ............ 1 4-- 20 Do 80 ................................................ 2% ......... 1 6 2 25 20 Do 80 ................................................ 2y2 ......... 11 15 18 Do 80 ................................................ 2% ......... 19 1 5 18Do 80 ................................................ 2 ............ 16 0 2 20 ' Do 80 ................................................ 1% ......... 14 121 20 Do 80 ................................................ 1y2 ......... 12 0 3 24 DO 5 thread Hook ..................... 12 --. 16 DO 12 thread Ratline ..................... 10 --. 14 Do 9 thread Do ........................ 8.. 18 DO 6 thread Worming .................. 8.. 16 DO 4 thread Do ..................... 6 ... 14 Do 2 thread Do ..................... 4.. 30 Cwt 2 & 3 Yarn Spun Yarn ............... 1 10 ---- Lower Sheets main & Fore ... 180 Fathom 5 Inches 9 1 14 Main Tacks ..................... 20 Fathm each 7 204 Fore Tacks ..................... 19 Do 7 1 3 20 Bolt Rope ........................ 180 Fathom 55 12 0 14 270 3% 5- 2 14 270 2% 237 310 2 217 250 1% .. 3 . Tons57 9 2 2 Carried Forward 1004 APPENDICES Ship Chandlery Carpenter's Stores 6 Doz Pad Locks 12 Doz Door, Cupboard & Closet Locks 300 1b 30 dny 300 1b 24 dny 300 1b 20 dny 300 1b 10 dny 300 1b 8 dny 300 lb 6 dny & 300 lb 12 dny Nails 30 m 6 dny Scupper, 50 m Pump & 25 m Clapper Nails 10 m Sprigs assorted 10 m Clous Nails sorted 2 Doz 6 Inch 2v2 Doz 7 Inch 2v2 Doz 9 Inch & 1 Doz 10 Inch HL Hinges 4 Doz Door Bolts 1 Doz Pump Hammers 3 Doz Claw Hammers 6 Broad Axes 6 Hatchets 6 Steel plate hand Saws 6 Grindstones from 20 to 30 Inches 6 Pin Mauls 6 Adzes 1 Doz Gauges assorted 6 Pr Compasses 6 Doz Gimblets from Spike to 3 dny 2 Cross Cut Saws 6 Doz Scrapers 4 Doz hand Saw & 1 Doz Cross Cut Saw files % Doz Pitch Ladles assorted 2 Doz Chizzels assorted from v2 Inch to 2 Inches v2 Doz Drawing Knives f/? Doz Jack Planes with Irons % Doz smoothing Planes with Irons 2 Doz Augur assorted from v2 Inch to 2 Inches 2 Setts of Caulking Irons 1 Doz Rasps assorted y2 Doz Harpoons v2 Doz Fish Giggs 2 Doz Mopps 1 Groce Fish hooks assorted 6 Doz Iron bound Shovels 3 Pr Double Jack Screws 600 lb White Lead 100 lb Yellow Ocre all pund in oyl 100 lb Black paint 100 lb Spanish Brown