Memorandum of Articles

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Memorandum of Articles which have been repeatedly wrote for, and which we are in the extremest want of, viz:

10 double-headed, 10 grape, and 10 chain shot, for each of the following guns:

300 lbs˙ musket ball.
All the useless old iron that will do for langrage.
200 lbs˙ buckshot.

A sufficient quantity slow-match for the fleet. Very little on hand, and that exceeding bad.

Port-fire.
12 horn and tin lanthorns˙
50 swivels with monkey tails.
3 anchors — 150 lbs˙, 200 lbs˙, 250 lbs˙ 3 cables for do˙
1 set caulking irons,
1 piece osnabrigs.
2 dozen 6 and 7 inch single blocks, for gun-tackles˙
6 lbs˙ twine and 2 dozen sail needles.
All the old junk that can be spared˙
1000 tacks for spunges˙
1 barrel pitch. 1 ditto tar˙
300 stand grenados, filled, and fuses.
100 lbs˙ 5 to 9 inch spikes˙
1 cask 20d˙ nails. 1 do 10d˙ do˙
1 coil 5-inch rope for springs.
1 do˙ 3 do˙ do˙
1 do˙ 2½ do˙ do˙
1 do˙ 1½ do˙ do.
1 coil small ratline. 1 do˙ spun yarn˙
30 inch pine boards˙
Rum, as much as you please˙
Clothing for at least half the men in the fleet, who are naked.
100 seamen˙ (No land-lubbers.)

B˙ ARNOLD.

Valcour, October 1, 1776.