Morgan’s Run

[1] English money was divided into pounds, shillings and pence, with the guinea as an oddment. There were 21 shillings in a guinea, 20 shillings in a pound, and 12 pence in a shilling. A ha’penny was one half a penny, a farthing one quarter of a penny.

[2] The modern imperial liquid measures of pint, quart and gallon are larger than the American, but in the eighteenth century are likely to have been the same as the modern American; leaving the British fold in 1776 meant that the United States of America kept many of the old British ways, probably including measures. Thus Richard’s quarts were likely to have contained 32 fluid ounces, not the modern imperial 40 fluid ounces.

[3] Kerguelen Island.

[4] 15,034 nautical miles. The nautical mile contained 2,025 yards; the land mile 1,760 yards.

[5] In square, not linear or cubic measure. Thus it represented 30 x 30 feet of cut timber.

[6] One ell equals 45 inches.