William Price

149 documents

Various Payments Due, Damage to Magazine by Wind
12/04/1788 Letterbook
John Brown of Newburgh contracted with Price to make two hundred powder casks and delivered them in September. Per that contract, he was supposed to be paid by December 1st. Price includes an account …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Stores Ready to be Delivered
05/07/1788 Letterbook
Informs the Secretary at War that the stores which he inquired about are ready to be delivered to Captain Bradford.
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Stores and Wagons
07/07/1788 Letterbook
Following the instructions in Knox's letter of June 9, Price has delivered to Mrs. Randal the articles she wanted, to the amount of one pound sixteen shillings. Wagons can be easily procured; Price …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Sale of Barracks on Constitution Island, Returns of Stores
04/10/1788 Letterbook
Price received Knox's letter regarding the buildings on Constitution Island. Price inspected the barracks and agreed to sell four-fifths of it to Mr. Salman, but has not yet allowed him to remove the …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Returns of Ordnance and Quartermaster Stores
03/03/1788 Letterbook
Price forwards by stage the returns of ordnance and quartermaster stores for February.
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Regarding the Forwarding of Stores, Equipment Alterations & Powder Cask Contract
06/26/1788 Letterbook
Reports forwarding of stores for New Jersey recruits and for Fourth of July celebration. Discusses alteration of bayonet belts and powder cask contract.
Letterbook No. 1, West Point 1784-1786.
Reams of Musket Cartridge Paper
11/02/1788 Letterbook
Agreeable to Knox's order by Lieutenant Pratt regarding musket cartridge paper, Price has delivered to him four reams of the paper. Pratt has engaged a vessel to transport the Company to New York.
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Provisions Sold to Mr. Morrow
05/03/1788 Letterbook
Agreeable to Knox's request, Price has sold 228£ of stores to James Morrow. Encloses two accounts of the articles sold to him. Discusses the state of the powder and need for new casks. Encloses …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Provisions and Supplies
06/18/1788 Letterbook
Discusses various provisions and supplies with the Secretary at War. Acknowledges that he has received his previous letter enclosing the invoice for 134 suits of clothes. Old carriages are being burnt …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Pay Mr. Hull for Transporting Guns
11/05/1788 Letterbook
Mr Hull transported two three-pound guns in July and has not yet been paid. Price instructs William Knox to pay Hull, per the Secretary at War's orders.
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Forwarding Receipt for Uniforms
11/06/1788 Letterbook
Agreeable to Knox's request, Price forwards receipts for 134 suits of uniforms. Sends returns for ordnance and quartermasters stores for July through October. Reports damage due to structures on …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Forwarding of Ordnance & Stores Returns
02/14/1788 Letterbook
Informs the Secretary at War that he has forwarded by Lieutenant Moor the Returns of Ordnance and Quartermaster Stores for the month of January. Also adds that Mr. Morrow has asked about the five …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Estimate of Building and Repair
06/11/1788 Letterbook
Price encloses, per Knox's request, an estimate for the cost of repairing the long barracks for an arsenal of arms and the store in which the arms are currently deposited as well as building a stone …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Enclosed Returns and Receipts, Order in Favor of James Morrow, Account of Captain Molly
06/04/1788 Letterbook
Encloses returns of ordnance and quartermasters stores. Also sends duplicate receipts for the $146 for the transportation of men and stores from New York to Pennsylvania. Price has drawn an order on …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Brass Three Pounders with Carriages and Implements
07/07/1788 Letterbook
Price sends Knox, per his orders, two brass three pounders with carriages and implements complete, listed in the inclosed invoice. Price and Hall have not made any arrangments about about freight.
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Arms in want of repairs
01/04/1788 Letterbook
Agreeable to the Secretary at War's directions, Price has selected out five hundred arms in want of repairs. Also informs Knox that he has forwarded the returns of ordnance and quartermaster stores …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Return of Stores, Etc
01/06/1789 Letterbook
Informs the Secretary at War that Mr. Garrison has drawn an order in favor of James Johnston. Also mentions that he has received the military stores agreeable to the invoice.
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Return of Ordnance and Quartermasters Stores
03/31/1789 Letterbook
Sends return of ordnance and quartermaster stores for the month of March care of Timothy Ketcham.
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Requests Permission to Begin Airing Powder
06/02/1789 Letterbook
Price would like to begin airing the powder by the 15th of the month. West Point is in need of a cooper and four thousan hoop poles to complete the process of airing the powder and putting it into …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Powder in Casks, Cords of Wood, Raising Iron and Cannon from the River
09/30/1789 Letterbook
Following Knox's orders from May, Price has aired and sifted all the powder. There were a number of bad casks: twenty six double and fifty half barrels. The powder has been put into seventy seven …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Permission to Travel to New York
11/01/1789 Letterbook
Requests permission from the Secretary at War to go down to New York for a few days in the middle of the month. Also forwards the Returns of Ordnance and Quartermaster Stores for the month of …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Payment for Arms Cleaned and Repaired
03/26/1789 Letterbook
Following instructions from Knox from June 1788, Price delivered 500 stands of Hessian arms to James Morrow for repair. Morrow has completed the work and is owed 93 pounds 15 shillings. Per that same …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Old Cannon Delivered to Abiathar Ingells
05/19/1789 Letterbook
Informs the Secretary at War that he has delivered 45 tons of old cannon to Abiathar Ingells.
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Old Cannon and Shot and Old Iron
05/12/1789 Letterbook
Price has given Jonathan Ingells ten tons old cannon and shot and sour tons seven hundred of old wrought iron. Following Knox's directions, Price delivered the old iron at the rate of five pounds per …
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.
Mustered Company and Detachment
05/30/1789 Letterbook
Price has mustered Captain Burbek's company and the detachment of General Harmar's regiment. The men only have two month's pay.
Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790.