[3] April 4, old style, the style still used by the English in 1673; April 14, new style, the style used by the Dutch, as in [document no. 28], above.
[4] A mariner's portage or portledge was originally his own venture in the ship, in freight or cargo, but by this time "portledge bill" frequently meant merely a list of sailor's claims for wages or allowances.
33. Inventory of the Providence. May 5, 1673.[1]
An Inventory of the goods and things taken into the custody of Mr. Nathaniel Fryer that came in the Shipp Providence of Falmouth, of which shipp Mr. Henry King was Mate in a voyage from England to Virgenia but now Master.
a large hhd.
- 13 pa. fr. falls[2]
- 11 pa. pl.[3] shooes
- 1 wier kage
- 6 pa. mens wollen hose
- 12 pa. Irish cloath hose
- 2 old hatt
- 2 new shirts
- 2 p'ces shearge
- 20 pa. worsted hose
- 1 p'ce blue linnon 28
- 1 dito 29
- 1 dito 44
- 1 halfe p'ce lockram[4]
- 3 halfe pound of wt. thread
- 1 lb. browne thread
- 1 paper col. filleting
- 1 paper col. thread about a ld.
- 1 p'ce sheeting canvas 123
- 27½ yards dowlas[5]
- 1 coat }
- 1 dublet } part worn
- 2 pa. briches }
- and oakum to fill up the hhd. that these things were in.
a large hhd.
- 1 doz. 10 paire mens fr. falls
- 4 pa. pumps with heeles
- 2 saddles
- 7 curb bitts
- 6 snaffall bitts
- 1 pa. black head stall and raynes and crupp and breastplate
- 1 dubble girt
- 4 halters
- 1 doz. white raynes and headstalls
- 6 pa. white stirrup leathers
- 1 doz. pa. boyes and girles shooes
- 2 doz. ½ mens pl. shooes
- 1 p'ce kersie no. 1: 26¾
- 1 p'ce dito—2:26
- 1 p'ce. searge
a little hhd.
- 6 large pewter basons
- 3 large Iron shovels
- 1 curb bitt
- 1 side saddle and furniture
- 2 doz. pa. mens fr. falls
- 10 pa. mens pl. shooes
- 2 pa. woodden heele weo.[6] shooes