Articles of Agreement between Captn. John Rogers Commander of the Schooner General Smallwood Now laying at Anchor in Mattompkin Inlett, Virginia and the Marriners and Seamen Shipped in Said Vessel,1 that all and Evry of us will proceed in the Said Vessel to any port or place in the West Indies (English Islands Excepted) and Back to America again, at the Monthly Wages prefixed to our Names, and that we will well and Truely perform our Duty on Board Said Vessel by day or by Night, under Such pains and penalties as is Customary in Such Cases, considering ourselves as Much bound by this written aggreement, as the printed Articles made use of on Such occations— In Witness whereof we Set our hands and Seals the day and date Respectively annexed to our Names—
| Year |
Month |
Day |
Mens Names |
Capacity |
Wages
Month |
Wages
advanced |
Deserters
[or] when
Discharged
|
Whole |
Wages |
| 1778 |
Apriel |
23 |
John Rogers |
Master— |
£30 |
23 June . . |
7 Octobr |
£164 |
- — - |
| |
Apriel |
23 |
Samuel Walken |
Mate . . |
£25 |
23 June 75-— |
12 Septr. |
115 |
|
| |
April |
23 |
Sachel Yates |
2 do. —— |
—19-- |
23 June 54-— |
12 Do. |
82 |
16— - |
| |
May 5. |
—5 |
his |
Seaman |
£18..15 |
21 June 46.5 |
...12 Do. |
72 |
—— |
| |
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Francis X Bodra
Mark |
|
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|
|
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| |
May.. |
14 |
his |
Seaman |
£18..15 |
—21 June 47..17.6 |
..12. Do. |
72. |
15— |
| |
|
|
Stephen X Blackmen
Mark |
|
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| |
May.. |
14 |
his |
Seaman |
£18..15 |
21 June 31..15 |
..12 Do. |
72. |
15— |
| |
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Wm Cloton
Mark |
|
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|
|
|
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| |
June.. |
1 |
Joseph Hussey |
Boy.. |
—9— |
21 June £9—— |
12—Do. |
30— |
6 — |
| |
Do—. |
18 |
his |
Boy— |
—9— |
21 June 9— |
12— Do. |
30 |
—— |
| |
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Shelby X prust
Mark |
|
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| |
June |
22 |
James Richardson |
Seam |
18..15— |
22 June 18..15— |
12— Do. |
50— |
—— |
| |
——do. |
22 |
Obadahr Nowell |
Seam |
—18..15 |
22 June 18—15 |
..12—Do. |
50— |
—— |
| |
|
|
John Cochran |
Seaman |
—18—15— |
22 June 15— 18— |
12. Do. |
50— |
—— |
| £793 12.0 |
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