Return of Public Property under Donaldson Yeates
Document 1785Return of all public property on hand under Donaldson Yeates in the states of Maryland and Delaware, including iron cannons, shot, and shells.
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Return of Military Stores at the Head of Elk &c.
April 1,
1785
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A Return of all public property on hand in the Commissary Gen[era]l of Military Stores Department in the District of the States of Maryland & Delaware under the direction of [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] the 1st April 1785
24 Pounders 5
18 Pounders 10
12 Pounders 10
Iron Cannon 9 Pounders 16 at Head of Elk weight 2 T[ons?], 9 Pounders at [undecipherable] belonging
6 Pounders 4
2 Pounders 2
3 Pounders 1
Iron Carronades 18 Pounders 20 at R[?] felt
Garrison Carriages f[or] 24 Pounders
f[or] 18 Pounders 10
f[or] 12 Pounders 10 } at ditto
f[or] 9 Pounders [undecipherable]
Travelling Carriages f[or] 18 Pounders [undecipherable]
f[or] 12 Pounders [undecipherable] } at ditto
[undecipherable] Carriages f[or] 19 Pounders 1 at ditto
44 French [undecipherable] 440 M[?] of gun [?] at [undecipherable] Sugar house [undecipherable]
Shell 18 Pounders 1020 [undecipherable] at [undecipherable]
12 [undecipherable] 1721 [undecipherable]
9 [undecipherable] 499 at [undecipherable]
6 [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Shells 4 Inch 161 at [undecipherable] Batto — Sugar house [undecipherable]
5½ Inch [undecipherable]
Lanthorn Wheels f[or] 24 Pounders 2
f[or] 11 Pounders 3 } at Elk
f[or] 12 Pounders 2
f[or] 4 Pounders 1
Copse Ladle 15
Sponges & Rammers 15
Worms 5
Cartridge Cases 5 [undecipherable]
Drag [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Finger Fire Match 100
Tin Stocks 5
Marquis Lanterns 10
[undecipherable] 5
Cartouche Boxes 15
Type
Document
Description
Return of all public property on hand under Donaldson Yeates in the states of Maryland and Delaware, including iron cannons, shot, and shells.
Date
04/04/1785
Author
Recipient
Document number
1785040490001
Page start
4
Notable persons
Donaldson Yeates
Samuel Hodgdon
commissary general military stores
Donaldson Yates
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Maryland
Delaware
Turners Creek
Kent County
Maryland
Eastern Shore
Head of Elk
Baltimore
Colonel Hollingsworth
Susquehanna
George Town
Notable items
iron cannon
shot
shell
return
public property
award
discount
military stores
cannonades
garrison carriage
traveling carriage
copper ladle
sponge
worm
cartridge case
drag rope
stocks
musket
musquets
bayonets
cartouch box
cartouche box

