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The Day Books Of Robert Ellis
| Pg. B1 | 7th Oct 1838 | Susan Handford came to service at 3 pounds Pr year---[list of dates and amounts paid] |
| 29th Apr 1839 | Mrs. Henery Bale
Halborton near Tiverton | |
| 16th Aug 1839 | Remt. Marina [(Poole) Ellis?]
8 yds print --7d 8 Do Do 6d 2 ½ yds Flannel 1s 1 ½ yds Muslin 2 ½ yds Collon [Cotton?] 4d Doctor Caddy Bill 9s 8 months wages 5s | |
| 30th Aug
3rd Sept 1839 |
Blister 3d
Castor Oil 4d Ointment 1d Cider 1d | |
| Pg. B2 | Expences of a club dinner at the Bell Inn at Parkham kept
by Betty Stanlake- Xmas 1839
165 lbs Beef at 7d 31 lbs Mutton 5 ½d 45 lbs Pork 4d Flour for Pudding £1/5s Suit 14 lbs 7d 200 Turnips 1/6d 2 Bags Potatoes 4s Pepper Mustard 133 Pints of Beer 2d Total ------------------------------------£9/11/8 133 members at 14d----------------£7/14/6 Lost--------------------------------------£1/17/2 | |
| Pg. B3 | Schooner Dimentions of Spars for a Vefsell about
135 Tons Register. Now Building at St. Johns Yard. (Late
Evens) Bideford Feby 7th 1840.
Lenght on Deck Fore Part of Stem to After Part of Stern Post---- 81 feet The Fore Mast Stands 17 feet Aft side Inner Part of Stern. Distances Between For and Main Mast 22 feet--- Paul Bit stands 7 feet from Stem 14 inches Squre--- Bowsprit Step in the Paul Bit one foot Clear of Deck Main Mast 50 feet from Deck. Fore mast 49 feet- Main top Do. 31 feet long. Fore Do. 30 long. Mast Heads 7 feet Bow Fprifs [sic?] 28 long. Jib Boom 30. 7 Feet Between Caps- Fore Boom 22 long. Main Do. 40 long. Main Gaft 30 feet Fore Do. 22 long. Fore Yard42. Topsail Yard 32 Top Gallon Yard 27 feet long Main Crofstree 14 feet long. Fore Do. 9 long. Heigth of Booms from Deck 6 feet---- [written sideways at bottom of page:] To Measure the Tonnage of Ships by the Slide Rule First take three fifth of the beam from the lenght of perpeduclars [sic]. That is the extream length of Keel. And apply the remainder to 13 3/4 on the girh line opposite the Breadth of Beam on the Grit line give the tonnage on the slide--- Heard 93 Keel Ship 24 ½ Beam | |
| Pg. B4 | Oakum in the cellar left from Mr. Chopes [?] 2.0.25 |
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