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nen 32. 0. 0 1 pc. Striped Do. 20. 0. 0 1 red Skin 1. 0. 0 2 pc. Cambrick 40. 0. 0 1 pc. Fustian 10. 0. 0 1 Coarse Table Cloth and 2 Napkins 1. 0. 0 1 Box of Glass 1. 0. 0 2 Large Pewter Plates or Dishes 4. 0. 0 1 Mettle Salver 15. 0 1 Brass Coffee Pot 1. 0. 0 3 Pewter Measures 15. 0 24243 lb. of Varinas[6] Tobacco in Packs at 20d. 2020. 5. 0 37127 lb. of Tobacco at 8d. 1237.11. 4 44 Ozs. and 16 p.w. Gold at L24 p. Oz 1091. 4. 0[7] 463 Ozs. and 12 Gr. Silver at 33s. p. oz. 764. ------------ L61631.12. 2 [Footnote 4: Up to 1800 cigars were almost unknown in the continental colonies; North American smokers used pipes. In the West Indies, however, where Columbus in his first month encountered the cigar, and in South America, the cigar was the customary form and the pipe was almost unknown.] [Footnote 5: Dowlas was a coarse fabric of linen; fustian, mentioned just below, of cotton.] [Footnote 6: Varinas is a district in Venezuela from which came a tobacco especially good for the making of cigars.] [Footnote 7: This sum should apparently be L1075 4s. Also, the sum total, below, is not quite correct; but, even in depreciated Rhode Island currency, it was a sum worth contending for in prize courts.] Given under Our Hands at Newport this 8th Day of June 1745. Signed by WM. STRENGTHFIELD. WM. MUMFORD. GEORGE WANTON. [Endorsed:] An Acct. of Dutch Ship _William_ Cargo a Prize. _162. A Proctor's Account. 1745._[1] [Footnote 1: Massachusetts Historical Society.] Zachariah Bourryau Esqr. Dr. to John Smith. Foster Cunliffe Esquire[2] and others Owners of the Ship Called the _Angola_[3] whereof George Smithson lately and Philip de Anieta afterwards was Master and her Tackle, Apparel and Furniture and Also of the Goods, Wares and Marchandize
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