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The following Addition is made to the new Edition of Common Sense, printed in Philadelphia.
Page 28, line 23, from the top, after the ſentence which ends with the word ſterling, is now added:
The firſt and ſecond editions of this pamphlet were publiſhed without the following calculations, which are now given as a proof that the above eſtimation of the navy is a juſt one. See Entick's Naval Hiſt. Introd. page 56.
The charge of building a ſhip of each rate, and furniſhing her with maſts, yards, ſails and rigging, together with a proportion of eight months boatſwain's and carpenter's ſea-ſtores, as calculated by Mr. Burchett, Secretary to the Navy.
For a ſhip of 100 guns | £ 35,553 |
For a ſhip of 090 | 29,886 |
For a ſhip of 080 | 23,638 |
For a ſhip of 070 | 17,785 |
For a ſhip of 060 | 14,197 |
For a ſhip of 050 | 10,606 |
For a ſhip of 040 | 7,558 |
For a ſhip of 030 | 5,846 |
For a ſhip of 020 | 3,710 |
And from hence it is eaſy to ſum up the value, or coſt rather, of the whole Britiſh navy, which in the year 1757, when it was at its greateſt glory, conſiſted of the following ſhips and guns.
Ships. | Guns. | Coſt of one. | Coſt of all. |
06 | 100 | £ 35,553 | £ 213,318 |
12 | 090 | 29,886 | 358,632 |
12 | 080 | 23,638 | 283,656 |
43 | 070 | 17,785 | 764,755 |
35 | 060 | 14,197 | 496,895 |
40 | 050 | 10,606 | 424,240 |
45 | 040 | 7,558 | 340,110 |
58 | 020 | 3,710 | 215,180 |
85 | ſloops, bombs and fire-ſhips, one with another, at |
2,000 | 170,000 |
Coſt, | 3,266,786 | ||
Remains for guns, | 233,214 | ||
Total, | £ 3,500,000 |
Providence: Printed and Sold by John Carter.