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One Pound and a quarter of fresh or one pound of salted beef, or three quarters of a pound of salted pork.
 
One Pound and a quarter of fresh or one pound of salted beef, or three quarters of a pound of salted pork.
  
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Half a gill of rum, randy, or whiskey.
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Half a gill of rum, brandy, or whiskey.
  
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And at the rate of two quarts of salt, two quarts of vinegar four pounds of soap, and one pound and an half of candles to every hundred rations.
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And at the rate of two quarts of salt, two quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound and an half of candles to every hundred rations.
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''Fifth.'' That the said party of the first part shall pay or can so __ be paid to the said party of the second part, once cent for every ration which he shall issue as before recited, as a full  compensation for his trouble and expence in issuing the same.
 
  
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''Fifth.'' That the said party of the first part shall pay or cause to be paid to the said party of the second part, one cent for every ration which he shall issue as before recited, as a full  compensation for his trouble and expence in issuing the same.
  
 
IN WITNESS whereof, the said Secretary of War, on behalf of the United States, hath hereunto subscribed his name and affixed the seal of the War Office of the United States; and the said Daniel Vertner hereto set his hand and seal the day, and year first above written.
 
IN WITNESS whereof, the said Secretary of War, on behalf of the United States, hath hereunto subscribed his name and affixed the seal of the War Office of the United States; and the said Daniel Vertner hereto set his hand and seal the day, and year first above written.
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[signed] H. Dearborn
 
[signed] H. Dearborn
  
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Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of} [signed] M. Newman
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Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of} [signed] JN. Newman
  
 
Hez. Rogers
 
Hez. Rogers
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[signed] D. Vertner
 
[signed] D. Vertner
  
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Schedule of the __ at which the several parts __the small pats of the ration to be estimated
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Schedule of the prices at which the several particles composing the small parts of the ration to be estimated
 
Where the price of the small parts is eight mills
 
Where the price of the small parts is eight mills
 
Four pounds of Soap at eleven Cents 44 [obscured]
 
Four pounds of Soap at eleven Cents 44 [obscured]
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One and a half pounds of Candles at Sixteen Cents  24
 
One and a half pounds of Candles at Sixteen Cents  24
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Two quarts of Vinegar at one cent  2
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100
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Where the price of the smallparts is one Cent & five mills:
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Four pounds of Soap at Sixteen Cents  64
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Two quarts of Salt -" Twenty one " -  42
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One and a half pound of Candles, Twenty Eight ….  42
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Two quarts of  vinegar "  one -"-  2  <u>150</u>
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[signed] H. Dearborn
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D. Vertner
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Witness [signed] JN. Newman
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Hez. Rogers