| Description | of the expenses incur'd in fitting out Edward Kenrick in Provisions & Passage to New York in the Minerva 7th May 1829 (Sailed on Sunday the 10th May"), in the total sum of £32. 8s. 4d. (this including biscuit, potatoes, groceries, ham-&-bacon, a hair mattress and "Duck Trowsers" for £2, and the princely exchange-rate of 10 dollars for £2. 2s. 6d! "Passage in Steerage" cost £3. 15s. 0d.) |