Receipts, accounts, and memoranda pertaining to the costruction of Fort Arnold, Plum Island, Massachusetts [Decimalized .01-.08]

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GLC#
GLC01450.459-View header record
Type
Header Record
Date
1776
Title
Receipts, accounts, and memoranda pertaining to the costruction of Fort Arnold, Plum Island, Massachusetts [Decimalized .01-.08]
Place Written
Massachusetts
Pagination
8 items
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence
Revolutionary War
Military History
Finance
Fortification
Building Construction

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Collection Item
Document signed

[List of expenses regarding the construction of a fort at Plum Island]

4 June 1776

Wyer, William, fl. 1776

Lists expenses for such items as sugar, an apprentice, pork, and labor. Docket states "Capt Wyers Bill Settled part."

GLC01450.459.01
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Document signed

[Receipt for the payment of John Moody]

7 June 1776

Moody, John, 1750-?

Captain William Coombs and others on a Newburyport committee pay Moody for work completed in May and June 1776 related to the construction of a fort on Plum Island. Moody receives payment for such items as work with oxen (used to haul timber)...

GLC01450.459.02
Collection Item
Document signed

[Receipt regarding Captain Edward Wiggleworth]

June 1776

Coombs, William, 1736-1814

Possibly created in Newburyport. Coombs signs for a list of expenses for items such as travel and overnight lodging. States that he received the amount cited for Captain Wiggleworth. Docket states "Captain Wiggleworths Bill."

GLC01450.459.03
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Document signed

[Receipt pertaining to Captain John Coombs]

3 July 1776

Coombs, John, fl. 1776

John Coombs signs the bottom of the receipt. States "Captn William Coombs [?] of John Coombs for ye use if ye Foart on Plumb Island."

GLC01450.459.04
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Document signed

[Bill regarding Captain Wiggleworth]

15 July 1776

Wigglesworth, Edward, 1732-1794

Possibly Wiggleworth's receipt of payment for 25 days attendance on Fort Arnold, Plum Island, Massachusetts.

GLC01450.459.05
Collection Item
Document signed

[List of expenses related to the construction of a fort on Plum Island]

October 1776

Greenleaf, Jonathan, 1723-1807

Lists expenses and materials needed for construction and maintenance of a fort on Plum Island, Massachusetts. Docket states that the fort was called "Fort Arnold." Lists expenses from June through October. Notes spikes, iron, material for chimney...

GLC01450.459.06
Collection Item
Document signed

[List of expenses created by the committee for building the Fort and Plum Island]

4 October 1776

Horton, James, ?-1783

Lists expenses for material such as timber, wooden boxes, wood, and an iron pot, among various other items. Includes the cost of employing persons (such as John Britt, Joseph Pilsbury, Enoch Coffin, and Daniel Horton, among others) in different...

GLC01450.459.07
Collection Item
Document signed

[List of expenses for carriages for guns, a Fort at Salisbury, and the town barge of Newburyport]

circa 1776

Date inferred from other items in the collection. Includes three separate lists of expenses. The first lists the names of persons involved in the cost of carriages for the guns. The second lists persons and costs pertaining to a fort at Salisbury...

GLC01450.459.08