David Ames
96 documents
Receipt of Payment from Samuel Lewis for Use of Springfield Armory
David Ames, Superintendent, received $1500 from War Office for use of United States armory at Springfield.
Receipts for Moneys Advanced (Advances), 1793-1855. (RG217)Receipt of Money for the Springfield Armory
Ames acknowledges receipt of $3,150.25 from the Secretary of War for the use of the United States Armory at Springfield.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Receipt of Funds for the Springfield Armory
Ames acknowledges receipt of $548.80 from Samuel Lewis of the War Office, for the use of the United States armory at Springfield.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Receipt
David Ames has received $2474.35 from Samuel Lewis for the use of the Armory in Springfield.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Providing Pay for the Workmen
Ames reminds McHenry of the urgency to provide pay for the workmen so that they can support their families. Also a number of contracts for stock have come due so the expenses for March must be …
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Pay the Workmen in Post Notes
Ames requests the pay of the workmen in post notes in order to expedite payment so that they can support their families.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Pay Roll of Armorers for April 1796
"Pay roll of Armorers under the direction of David Ames, Superintendent at Springfield, Massachusetts."
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Pay Roll of Armorers at Springfield for March 1796
Pay roll of armourers under the direction of David Ames at Sprringfield for March 1796.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Pay Roll of Armorers at Springfield
Pay roll of Armorers under the direction of David Ames, Superintendent at Springfield, Massachusetts.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Pay for the Workmen
Ames has been deprived of the satisfaction of receiving the money needed to pay the workmen who expected their pay on the first of April. Such delays will decrease the public credit and prevent …
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Paucity of Iron and Steel at Springfield
Ames promises to forward a sample musket constructed at the Springifield Armory as soon as he can find a vessel travelling to Philadelphia. He discusses the situation relative to supplies of iron and …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)My Request for Some Money
Enclosed are the estimates of the pay roll, muster roll, and return of articles for March 1796. Ames requests money which he finds useful for private affairs, is necessary and essential in the public, …
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Muster Roll of Armorers for February 1796
Address leaf for the Muster Roll of the Armorers at Springfield for February 1796 at the Springfield Armory.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Maintaining the Arms in the Stores, Etc.
Ames encloses a return of the work done in the armorer's shop for June 1796 and hopes that work will not be halted for a want of stocks. He wants to know whether he is responsible for keeping the arms …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Estimate of Expenditures for March 1796
"Estimate of expenditures on account of the United States in aid and on account of the Armorers employed at Springfield in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in making public arms from the first of …
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Estimate of Expenditures for June 1796
"Estimate of expenditures on account of the United States, in aid, and on account of the Armorers employed at Springfield in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in making public arms from the first of …
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Estimate of Expenditures for February 1796
"Estimate of expenditures on account of the United States in aid and on account of the Armorer employed at Springfield in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in making public arms. from the first of …
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Estimate of Expenditures for August 1796
"Estimate of expenditures on account of the United States, in aid, and on account of the Armorers employed at Springfield in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in making public arms from August 1 to …
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Estimate of Expenditures for April 1796
"Estimate of expenditures on account of the United States, in aid, and on account of the Armorers employed at Springfield in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in making public arms from the first of …
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Estimate is Much Larger Than Common
Ames encloses an estimate of the pay roll, muster roll, and return of articles received, expended, and on hand for February 1796. He notes that the estimate is much larger than usual due to a larger …
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Error in Payment
Ames says that he cannot find the error in the pay rolls that Simmons asserts has resulted in an overpayment to him.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Employing More Hands, Etc.
Ames has located a vessel on which he will send the musket pattern. He asks permission to employ four more hands which will enable him to keep the work going and make the business more systematic. A …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Better to Procrastinate Than Disappoint Them
Ames will be glad to receive the money at the time proposed. He will defer leaving for Philadelphia since the money will probably arrive at the same time as he would leave home. The circumstances of …
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)Ames' Third Quarter Accounts for 1796
Enclosed are Ames' accounts for the third quarter 1796. He asks that Simmons settle his account on the War Department books.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Accounts of David Ames
Money has been received from the Secretary of War to settle Ames' accounts for the months of January through April 1796.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
