Section:
2 : PRO 30/55 - British Army Headquarters Papers
TNA Shelfmark:
PRO 30/55/002/069
Full Description:
Articles of the contract agreement made between Sir James Cockburn and the Treasury to supply 100,000 gallons of rum from various islands in the West Indies at 3s 6d per gallon. Also includes an account of the provisions in the stores at Boston (dated 25 March 1775), and the provisions shipped from England and Ireland in 1775 (not yet arrived by any account received).