I mentioned in another post that there is a page showing amounts
received by Burnside, and captioned, "William Burnside to Mr. Walter
Bryce & Mr. Thomas Denham & Partners is Debtor." Here is a scan of the
top portion of the page:

http://home.mindspring.com/~dekester/Public/LyonOfDublinBurnsideAccou...

I have two questions. First: The very first item probably refers to the
contract under which the soldiers were carried to New York, and perhaps
other cargo as well. It is, therefore, important in my search for my
ancestor, one of the soldiers.

I read it as "Cash received of Mr. Stephen Deleency Mr. Thomas Noell &
Mr. Walter ?ong Marchants in new york in part [??] of 350 [symbol??] :
the sums[?] of [150/0/0] ???  ??????? to Charter Party."

A "charter party" is a form of contract for hiring a ship. [Brackets]
and ?? indicate where I'm having trouble. Anyone want to take a stab at
reading this? The sense I take is this represents receipt of partial
payment of the total of 350 pounds called for under the charter party.
Sound right?

Second:  Burnside mentions "emtey butts," "hhds" which I take to mean
"hogsheads," and "barrills." Some research indicates these are
traditional units of measure for wine, but I suspect he is referring
instead to various sizes of casks used for storing food and drink. A
butt would be larger than a hogshead which would be larger than a barrill.

Does this sound right?  Or is he more likely using them all simply as
loose terms for any kind of cask or barrel? Like spelling, language
usage sometimes seems very loose in those days. In other pages, he
refers to "barrils of beefe," presumably salted/cured beef.

Dexter