[Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons]:

REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE, TO WHOM IT WAS REFERRED TO CONSIDER AND EXAMINE THE ACCOUNTS OF EXTRAORDINARY SERVICES INCURRED AND PAID, AND NOT PROVIDED FOR BY PARLIAMENT, WHICH HAVE BEEN LAID BEFORE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN THE YEARS 1776, 1777, AND 1

      London: Printed for J. Almon, 1778.. 81,[87]pp. Contemporary calf, rebacked. Front and rear covers scuffed and abraded, corners chipped. Inscription "ANNALY" stamped in black on front cover, bookplate of Sir R. St. George on front pastedown. Text block beginning to open at titlepage, internal binding still solid. Titlepage lightly dampstained, light tanning internally at edges. A good copy. A report to the committee of the British House of Commons responsible for reviewing accounts paid for services and goods not originally budgeted by Parliament. This particular report's focus is rum supplied to the British military in 1776 through 1778. It includes requisitions made by commanders overseas; agreements, proposals, contracts, prices, and payments for acquiring rum for the troops; and correspondence between the British Secretary of State and the governors of islands in the West Indies. The appendix, which is slightly longer than the report, consists of eighty documents. These include correspondence and contracts concerning shipping rum and many other supplies to British troops, as well as transcriptions of "tenders for victualizing his majesty's ships." A fascinating look into the process and difficulties of supplying British troops during the early years of the Revolutionary War. A significant part of the rum supplied was for forces in America, and it all came from the Caribbean. Not in Sabin, who records a folio edition published the same year. GOLDSMITH 11734. OCLC 28279821.