Estimated Costs for Campaign Against the Indians
Document 1791Estimate of the money required by the Quarter Master Department before July 1, 1791, in order to make the necessary preparations for an upcoming campaign against Indians
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An Estimate of stores which [undecipherable] required for the use of the [undecipherable] Corps [undecipherable] departmental, [undecipherable] [undecipherable], and in order to make the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] campaign, to wit.
——Cavalry——
110 horse [undecipherable] — $[undecipherable]
160 Saddles — $[undecipherable]33.33
100 [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Cart horse at [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
110 ditto saddle to — [undecipherable] 50—
6 each [undecipherable]
80 2 saddles — 2 [undecipherable] — 125.33
Harness — 60 — 60 — [undecipherable]
——Pack Horses——
[undecipherable] Cart horses [undecipherable] [undecipherable] horses [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Saddles — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]41.—
100 Halters — [undecipherable] — 23.33[undecipherable] — $[undecipherable]
——Infantry——
[undecipherable]00 [undecipherable] [undecipherable]ment [undecipherable] — 1.40 [undecipherable] $[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]00 10 Rifle — 100— 150—
[undecipherable]00 Canteens — 50— 150—
3000 Haversacks — 3— 90—
10 [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
with [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] — $[undecipherable]
——Ordnance——
[undecipherable]lle [undecipherable] [undecipherable] .77 [undecipherable] — 20.10 — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
W. [undecipherable] Lintstock 1.33 — 13.33
——Camp Equipage——
70 Horsemans tents [undecipherable] ditto $10 — 810
40 [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] 4— — 3000
110 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — 20 — 30— — [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
Carried forward: $[undecipherable][undecipherable]65 — $[undecipherable] — $[undecipherable]
——Ironmongery——
100 lb spike Nails — [undecipherable] — .10— — .60—
2000 lb Rod iron — .4 18[undecipherable] — [undecipherable]—
1500 lb Sheet iron — .5 30— — 150—
100 lb German steel — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
700 lb Chalk — [undecipherable]
12 lb Elm Row [undecipherable] — .17— — 8.50
50 lb [undecipherable] — .33 — 16.50
78 Collins [undecipherable] knives — .17 — 13.[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]100 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Handles — .30 — [undecipherable]
103 Shoemaker's [undecipherable] — 13— 13— — [undecipherable]
——Smiths Tools——
5 Anvils — 10.[undecipherable] — 30—
4 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — 4 — [undecipherable]—
[undecipherable] hand [undecipherable] — —[undecipherable] — —[undecipherable]
40 hammers — 40— [undecipherable] 2.50
70 iron [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
17 [undecipherable] — 13 [undecipherable]
17 Bellows — 13 — 4.11
14 [undecipherable] — 4— — 14
8 [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
Mr. [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
——Housecarpenter's Tools——
100 Sett [undecipherable] — 1.[undecipherable] — 111—[undecipherable]
20 Adzes — 1 [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
30 drawing [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]33 — 6.32—
14 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] — 9 — 5[undecipherable]
20 cross Rulers — 7— — 7.85
11 [undecipherable] Compasses — 13 — [undecipherable]—
100 Chalk line — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
20 hand [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
78 [undecipherable] for Wood — 14 — [undecipherable]—
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] 6.— — [undecipherable]
6 Braces & bits — 4.1[undecipherable] 25— [undecipherable]
30 Drawing [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
24 Claw hammers — .40 — [undecipherable] 4.50
30 [undecipherable] Planes — .33 — [undecipherable] 4[undecipherable]
140 Files — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
50 Augurs — [undecipherable] 14— [undecipherable]
11 Broad Axes — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
——Ship Carpenters Tools——
6 Broad Axes — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
20 Augurs — .10 — [undecipherable]—
12 Chalking Irons — .33 — 4—
12 Caulking Mallets — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
17 Scrapers — .33 — [undecipherable]
——Stationery——
50 Reams writing paper — 2.33 — [undecipherable]49.90[undecipherable]—
500 common writing [undecipherable] — 2.[undecipherable] from — 13.35—
10 lb Sealing Wax — .1 — [undecipherable]
14 lb [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Wafers — 4.10 — 40.40—
100 Common blank books — .87 — [undecipherable]
——Painters Colours——
100 lb White [undecipherable] gr[undecipherable] in Oil — 4.73
[undecipherable] lb Spanish Brown [undecipherable] do. — 4.73
4 lb Lamp Black — 1.67
20 Gallons Linseed Oil — .75 — 26.40[undecipherable]
25 Common [undecipherable] Brushes — .30 — 7.50
14 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]—
——[undecipherable: Miscellaneous] Supplies——
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — 1[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
18 Raw Padlocks — 1[undecipherable].48—
24 [undecipherable] drum heads — .10 — .40—
100 Draw Cords — [undecipherable] — .40—
24 [undecipherable] drum Straps — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
100 Working Ladders — .53 — 6.40
14 lb [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Thread — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
30 [undecipherable] Flannell — 2—.33 — [undecipherable] 4[undecipherable]—
30 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Leather — 2.50 — 19.40[undecipherable]—
6 Sheets Copper — 33 — 4.80—
13 Crucibles — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] lb Tallow — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
24 [undecipherable] Scissors — .17 — [undecipherable]
3 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
6 [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
3 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
300 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter
Description
Estimate of the money required by the Quarter Master Department before July 1, 1791, in order to make the necessary preparations for an upcoming campaign against Indians
Date
03/30/1791
Author
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1791033000001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Henry Knox
Quartermaster
Indians
Notable locations
Fort Pitt
Notable items
provisions
stores
cavalry
boatbuilding
painting
stationary
ironmongery
carpentry
camp equipment
ordnance

