Estimate for the supplies wanted for Major Henry Gaither's Command at the southward

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Estimate for the Supplies wanted for Major Gaither Command at The Southwards, — To pay for 20 Yards flannel for Cartridges . . . . . . . 2/6 £ 3. 15. — " 10 Saddles for Carling March Rolls . . . . . . 2/6^s . . . . 1. 5. — " 20 Diapered Strip Linen for Sponges . . . . 6/ . . . . 6. — " 5000 Sponge Sacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/^M . . . . 15. — " 6 Ridge Barrels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/6 . . . . 2. 5. — " 6 Gallons of Spirits of Wine . . . . . . . . . 20/ . . . . 6. — " 6 Tanned Hides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/5 . . . . 12. 10. — " 70 Iron Camp Kettles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/ . . . . £21. — " 1 " 12 Drum Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/6 . . . . 4. 10. — " 1 " 6 Drum Cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/6 . . . . 15. — " 350 Yards of Brading for Garrison Handkerchiefs 2/ . . . . 35. — " 2 Halfyards . . . . . . for Frills . . . . . . . . 7/6 . . . . 1. 2. 6 " 60^th of Linen & Thread . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/9 . . . . 11. 5. — " 60 Fathoms of Such Rope 120^th . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. — " 6 Bellows Leather Diapered Hides . . . . . 40/ . . . . 9. — " 30 Gallons of Linseed Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 9/ . . . . 9. — " 100 White Lead & Prussian Blue for Carriages . . . . } 8^d . 8^d £9^th c } . . . . 7. 17. 2 " 1 Iron Crow assorted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £36. — " 500^th of Flint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8^d . . . . 20. 16. 8 " 100 Pick Axes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/6 . . . . 37. 10. — " 10 Pick Axes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/ . . . . £10. — " 60 Spades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/9 . . . . 18. 15. — " 15 Iron Shovels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/8 . . . . 18. 1. 4 " 20 Broad Axes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/3 . . . . 11. 5. — " 12 Cob Coal Saws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25/each . 15. — " 20 Handsaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19/ . . . . 12. — " 18 Whip Saws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40/ . . . . 30. — " 20 Files of Chizzels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/4 . . . . [undecipherable] [Amount Carried forward] 359. 7. 2

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Description

From Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. Estimate of supplies wanted for Major Henry Gaither's Command at the Southwards.

Date

08/06/1792

Document number

1792080690055

Page start

Notable persons

Major Henry Gaither

Major Gaither's Command

Notable locations

southwards

Georgia

Notable items

flannel

cartridges

ladels for casting musket balls

dressed shipkins for spunges

spunge tacks

barrels

spirits of wines

tanned hides

iron camp kettles

drum heads

drum cords

bunting

garrison standards

halyards

twine

thread

inch rope

bellows

leather

dressed hides

gallons

linseed oil

yards

white lead

prussian blues

carriages

assorted irons

steel

club axes

pick axes

spades

iron shovels

broad axes

cross cut saws

hand saws

whip saws

sets of chizzels

screw augers

gimlets

carpenter's iron squares

carpenter's compasses

assorted carpenter's planes

froes

adzes

hatchets

reams

writing paper

orderly books

company books

ink powders

sealing wax

boxes

wafers

quills

glue

chalk

painter's brushes

whetstones

rag stones

edged tools

hand mills for grinding corn

grind stones

barrels

assorted nails

spirit level

cross cut saw files

whip saw files

hand saw files

paid

dollars

sum