Claim concerning property damage, before 1781
Revolutionary War Claims for Damages, 1776–1781, identifier C#00252, Rhode Island State Archives.
An Account of Real and Personal Estate of James Davis of Newport which was destroyed by the Britons consisting of
To one house 19 ½ frunt and a 50 foot back containing 11 rooms up right 2 cellars in good order
To fence in of said lot with a good primp(?)—£330.0.0
To one house near Stowbridge 18 foot front and 36 back with 6 rooms 4 fireplaces 3 closets in good order—£94.0.0
To one store 12 and 16 foot in good order—£35.0.0
To 2 small buildings in garding 8 foot in length and 6 foot in width—
£15.0.0
To one house near Timothy Warter’s house
14 foot front and 26 back up right 4 rooms—£120.0.0
To one cold house 10 foot in length 7 in width—£6.0.0
To 2 small buildings in said lot—£18.0.0
To fencing to said lot Brick wall etc—£6.0.0
To house 2 thirds destroyed—£100.0.0
To house on Long Wharf 2 thirds destroyed—£60.0.0
To house down town Greatly Damage—£60.0.0
To fencing and small house on said lot—£25.0.0
To stock in leather and in my shop on Long Wharf—£60.0.0
To shop goods in my shop in my dwelling house—£40.0.0
To household good cloth and linen—£150.0.0
To clothing—£30.0.0
To sunders of provisions in my house—£15.0.0
To fence round my garden to my dwelling house—£6.0.0
To wood 4 cord—£4.16.0
£1274.16.0