USS Alliance ledger, 1782-1783.

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USS Alliance ledger, 1782-1783.

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This ledger, which chronicles prize money distributed to the crew of the USS Alliance in the wake of the capture of Britannia, Anna, Commerce, and Kingston, dates from October 1782 to March 1783. Each man has an account, and each account is numbered. There were a total of 237 men, but the first twelve accounts became detached from the volume at some point and are now absent. Each account has an October 1782 entry for "prize money on account of the Kingston, Britannia, Anna, and Commerce." The amount paid was almost always 120 pounds, which was probably the amount awarded to the lowest-ranking crew members for those particular prizes. Each account also has a December 1782 entry for "an order on Thomas Barclay Esq. in favour of Mr. P. F. L. Doinet." Those sums varied, but most were in excess of 200 pounds. Thomas Barclay was the American Consul in France, and was often responsible for doling out prize money from captured vessels that were brought to French ports. Mr. Doinet is not identified, but it was noted that he was a merchant. A few men's accounts have one or two additional entries for prize money that the men received in the early months of 1783. No account has more than four entries, and no credits were ever posted in the ledger.

1 v. ; 45 cm.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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