Estimate for teams to take supplies to Pittsburgh
Document 1785From Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. Estimate for three teams wanted to transport military cargo to Pittsburg.
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Estimate for three Teams wanted to Transport Baggage & Milita[ry] Stores, Cloathing & Tools to Pittsburg 1784
Three Waggons @ $60. Penns. Currency each $180—
General Knox Philadelphia October 20. 1785
Tuesday at 10 am
An Account of Rent paid by the Unitd States for Stores occupied by them in Philada
[undecipherable] Philada Novr 19. 1785
In magazine in Campingtown $66. 6[undecipherable]
Huffins Store ............ 75— 0[undecipherable]
Lords do ............ 75— 0[undecipherable]
Carpenters Hall ........ 106— 0[undecipherable]
$323——
A number of articles are in the Stores near the State House, which have been long occupied by the United States but no Rent has ever been demanded by the State of fromd to whom the Store houses belong ——
Secy at War
Type
Letterbook
Description
From Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. Estimate for three teams wanted to transport military cargo to Pittsburg.
Date
10/22/1785
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1785102240155
Page start
14
Notable persons
General Henry Knox
General Knox
Secretary at War
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Notable items
baggage
military stores
clothing
tools
wagons
Pennsylvania currency
