1782, HMS Providence, British Navy, Captain Ritchie, New Town Creek, New York

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This is an original letter group of one payment receipt, dated  1782, and a letter dared 1780 for mast repairs, for goods and services while the HMS Providence, under the command of Captain John Ritchie was at New Town Creek, New York...receipt is about 4x6 inches, letter is 5x7, overall good condition...
Captain John Ritchie was the Master of the ship Providence‚ a British ship under contract with the Navy Board to transport troops to America. The Providence was owned by English merchant Nathaniel Bayles, by the late 1770s to 1780s the Providence had been hired by the navy and become a Transport taking troops over to fight in the war in North America. The Providence transported Hessian and Scottish regiments as well as supplies needed in New York.New York was under embargo by the surrounding colonies and the only way to get fresh supplies was from the local sympathizers or from England and her colonies.
As a side note, the National Archives has a grouping of letters from the Ship Providence showing that the Providence was also a slave ship.Title of the archive in the National Archives is as follows....."John Ritchie, captain of ship Providence: corresp to Nathaniel Bayles of Newcastle while sailing between New York and Jamaica, voyage accounts, crew wages lists, slave cargoes and the Providence's involvement in the American War of Independence 1780-1782 ".
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