List of Pennsylvania Navy Rations, July 22, 1778

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[Philadelphia, July 22d, 1778.]

10s.	10 lb Beef ⅌ man ⅌ Week.
3	7 lb Bread, or 6 lb Flour, ⅌ man ⅌ Week.
7	1 half Pint Rum, or in Lieu thereof, 1 s. ⅌ man ⅌ Day.
6.	6 d. Vegetables ⅌ man ⅌ Week.
20s. 6d.

Quantities and Rates of Rations from 1st Jan., 1778.

	£ s. d.
1 lb Beef or Fish or ¾ lb Pork,	0 1 0
1½ lb Bread or Flower,	9
1 Jull Liquor¹	6
Soap,	2	½
Candles,	1	½
	£0 2 6

Pennsylvania Archives, 1st ser. 6: 656–57. This list was included as an enclosure in a letter from Col. Lewis Nicola, Town Major of Philadelphia, to the Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council, 22 July 1778; it is printed in ibid.

1. A gill is one-quarter pint.

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1778 July 22

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American Theater, June 1 to August 15, 1778

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