“The Province of the Massachusetts Bay
to Edward Stanbridge, Dr.
June 2,
1724
For Sundrys by him Expended being Marshall and by Order of a Special
Cort of Admiralty for the Execution of John Rose Archer and William
White two Pirats, Viz.:
| To the Executioner for his Services | £12: | 00: | - |
| To Mr. Joseph Parsons for Cordage & Line | 2: | 17: | 6 |
| To Boat hire and Labourers to help sett the Gibet and | |||
| there Attendance at the Execution and Diging the | |||
| grave for White | 3: | 10: | 8 |
| To Expences for Victuals and Drink for the Sherifs officers | |||
| and Constables after the Executions att Mrs. Mary | |||
| Gilberts her Bill | 3: | 15: | 8 |
| To George May, Blockmaker, 5 Blocks with straps and | |||
| hooks and Sheaves | 1: | 5: | - |
| To Makeing of the Chains for John Rose Archer one of the | |||
| Pyrats and the hire of a man to help fix him on the | |||
| Gebbet att Bird Island | 12: | 10: | - |
| To treating the Gentlemen that listed the Piratical Goods | 0: | 5: | - |
| ____ | ___ | ___ | |
| £36: | 3: | 10: |
“E: Excepted
“P Edward Stanbridge.”
FOOTNOTES
[160] Babson, History of Gloucester, p. 287. This very likely is true as Jeremiah Bumstead of Boston recorded in his diary on May 3, 1724, that “Phillip’s & Burrill’s heads were brought to Boston in pickle.”—N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. 15, p. 201.
[161] Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 63, leaf 341.