Folios 87-136. Extract of a letter from Sir William Howe to John Robinson, dated...

Folios 87-136. Extract of a letter from Sir William Howe to John Robinson, dated on 5 April 1777, concerning the rum contract and Messrs Mure, Son and Atkinson. Mentions the high price of Jamaican rum, compared top other islands. Folio 89. Extract of a letter from Mr [Daniel] Wier to Robinson, dated at New York on 20 May 1777. Folio 90-91. Mure and Company to the Treasury Commissioners, dated at London 24 June 1777. Encloses contract [not filed here] with the army for delivering 350,000 gallons of Jamaican rum to the armed forces, involving investment of £90,000 Sterling. Folio 92-93. Extract of Mure and Company to Sir Wm [William] Howe, dated at London on 14 January 1777. Their agent Mr Laring has procured supplies in Jamaica. Folio 94-95. Extract of Mure and Company to their agent in New York Jos [Joshua] Laring junior, dated at London on 14 January 1777. Folio 96-97. Agreement [contract] to supply rum, dated on 1 April 1777, between Commissary General Daniel Chamier and Laring, and witnessed by Howe. Folio 98-100. Mure and Company to the Treasury Commissioners, dated at London on 23 July 1777, concerning price increases over last year. Folio 101. Extract of Howe to Robinson, dated at Philadelphia on 30 Nov 1777. Folio 102-103. Wier to Howe, dated at Philadelphia on 27 November 1777. Mentions the suspension of trade from Jamaica to the rebellious [American] colonies. Folio 104-105. Mure and Company to the [Treasury] Lords, dated at London on 12 January 1778. Folio 106. An account of rum transported in 1776 and 1777, by the ship: 'Price', Captain Fisher master; 'Fame', Captain Thornton; 'Brothers', Ruggler; 'Loyalty', Atkins; 'Ann', Kennedy; 'Union', Hamilton; 'Charlotte', Newton; 'Aurora', Craw; 'Antelope', Harriot; 'Robert', Gibson; 'Warborn', Stokes; 'Isis', Hudson; Shuldham schooner; 'Sally', Thomson; 'True Briton', Venture; 'Betsy', MacNeil; Charm and Peggy Lion; and Thomas Hill. Folio 107. Insurance estimate. Folio 108. Richard Atkinson to Treasury Commissioners, dated at London on 22 January 1778, concerning price, risk and insurance. Folio 110-111. Atkinson to Treasury Commissioners, dated at London on 24 January 1778. Folio 112-115. [?Treasury] report on the contract, detailing price, freight and insurance matters. Folio 116. Estimates of the referees, as per report. Folio 117. Certificate of rum deliveries from Jamaica in the sloop 'General Howe', John Underwood master. Signed by Howe. Folio 118. Certificate of rum deliveries by the 'Fame', 'Charlotte', 'Aurora', 'Loyalty', and 'Antelope', dated at Pencader [Delaware] on 6 September 1777. Signed by Howe and Wier. Folio 120. Copy of Robinson's letter to Richard Oliver, Beeston Long, and Richard Neave [Neeve], dated on 6 June 1777, concerning an audit of Atkinson's contract. Folio 121. Report of Messrs Long, Neeve, [Richard] Glover and [William] Chricton, dated at London on 16 July 1777. Folio 124-125. Copy of Long, Neave, Glover and Crichton to Treasury Lords, dated at London on 21 August 1777, on Atkinson's rum contract. Folio 126-127. Atkinson [to Treasury] Lords, dated at London on 21 July 1777. Folio128-130. Atkinson to Long, Neave, Glover and Crichton, dated at London on 17 July 1777, seeking inclusion, in their report, a reference to insurance certificate of Colin Mackenzie. Folio 130. Extract of General [Sir Guy] Carleton to Robinson, dated on 25 November 1776. regarding Imports from Barbados and Grenada, and supplies forwarded from Halifax Lieutenant Colonel Skirrette. Folio 131. Atkinson to Robinson, dated at London on 7 March 1776, enclosing a tender [not filed here] for additional rum supplies. Folio 132-134. Thomas Davison to Robinson, dated at 30 Wimpole Street [Middlesex] on 23 February 1776, concerning rum pricing. Folio 135-136. Contract with Atkinson for supplying 100,000 of rum to the army in America, dated on 2 May 1778. Signed by [Lord] North, C Townsend, and C W Cornwall.