Estimate of the expense to transport bells from Carlisle to New York City
Document 1784From Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. Estimate of the expense of transporting nine bells belonging to the churches in New York from Carlisle to New York by order of the Continental Congress
Estimate for cleaning & stamping 1000 mus- kets & Bayonets ——-Philada, June 17 1784 9th 1000 muskets & Bayonets paid @4. £100 [£100 is underlined] Estimate of the expense of transporting 9 Bells belonging to the Churches in New York from Carlisle to this City agreeable to the order of Congress, June 19, 1786 9 Bells wt 49,,0,,0 [undecipherable, pertains to weight of bells]——-paid @7/6 £18,,7,,6 10th Estimate of the sum necessary for the payment of the undermentioned Account ————————-July 5 1784 Perkins and Nicholson for cleaning repairing & stamping One thousand Muskets and Bayonets—–paid @4 ea—£100,,, Estimate for Additional pay due sundry Soldiers for services performed at West Point, and for a balance due on Mr. Christopher Ellergy’s wood and Storage Accounts——————Jul 15 1784 6018 days work————-@[undecipherable] pday——£300,,18- Balance due on Mr Ellery’s wood and storage account——-paid 64,,12,6 [over] 364,,10,6 Estimate of the sum necessary for the payment of the undermentioned Account——–July [undecipherable–probably 21st] 1784 Perkins & Nicholson for cleaning [undecipherable] Muskets & Bayonets @[undecipherable] —£100___
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