Provisions

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State of Provisions remaining in Store at BOSTON, on the 12th, 19th, 26th of FEBRUARY, and 4th MARCH, 1776, per Returns of those dates, received from the Commissary-General of Stores, showing how long the same will victual eleven thousand Men.

February 12, 1776. — Beef and pork, thirty-five days; wheat-flour, seventy-two days; bread, twelve days; butter and cheese, thirteen days; oil, thirty-two days; split peas, peas, and oatmeal, two days; barley, suet, rice, and raisins, reserved for the use of the General Hospital.

February 19th. — Beef and pork, twenty-nine days; wheat-flour, sixty-five days; bread, twelve days; butter and cheese, twelve days; oil, thirty-two days; split peas, peas, and oatmeal, nine days; barley, suet, rice, and raisins, reserved for the use of the General Hospital.

February 26th. — Beef and pork, twenty-two days; wheat-flour, sixty-eight days; bread, twelve days; butter and cheese, almost six days; oil, thirty-two days; split peas, peas, and oatmeal, almost six days; barley, suet, rice, and raisins, reserved for the use of the General Hospital.

March 4th. — Beef and pork, almost seventeen days; wheat and flour, almost sixty-three days; bread, sixteen days; butter and cheese, almost twelve days; oil, thirty-two days; split peas, peas, and oatmeal, ten days; rice, twenty-seven days; suet, barley, and raisins, reserved for the use of the General Hospital.

W˙ HOWE.