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Papers of the Winthrop Family, Volume 2

Bill of Captain Peirce1
Peirce, Capt. Winthrop, John Massachusetts-Bay Company

1630

Provissions to be mad at Bristoll for the Worshippfull John Winthropp Gouernor
Wheatt meall 34 hho. containing 8 bush. per ho. at 8 s. 6 d. bush. 115 2 00
Peas 15 hho. containing 7 bush. at 6 s. per bush. 32 2 00
Oattmeall 4 hho. containing 32 bush. at 10 s. per bush. 16 00 00
Beife and porke 4 hho. 24 00 00
Cheese 15 cthwt. at 30 s. per cth. Cask and all 22 10 00
Butter 5 kinderkins at 38 s. 09 10 00
Seuet 6 ferkines 08 00 00
Seed barrly 14 bush. 02 16 00
Seed rye one hho. 01 10 00
Ocom one cthwt. 00 12 00
Pro 20 tunnes of Cask at 14 s. 07 00 00
Pro halling craneing and lyghtering at 2 s. 8 d. 02 13 04
Pro ½ freight 40 00 00
280 11 04
More paid out to the Appotecary for provission for the Caskes 006 06 04
paid out for Samuell Sampson for his passage 003 00 00
paid him more for to bring him vp to London 001 10 00
paid more for him for phisick and dyeat at bristoll 002 10 00
paid for 300 trees 006 00 00
299 17 8
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W. 1. 82; Savage (1825), I. 47, note;(1853), I. 57, note.