Estimate of Supplies required in the Quartermaster's line for 1792
Document 1792From Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. Estimate of supplies required in the quartermaster Lines for 1792. Lists equipment with required numbers.
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Estimate for the purchase of five Hundred Spades and the like Number of Iron Shovels.
To pay for 500 Spades 6/6 £162.10.
500 Shovels 6/6 62.10.
225.
Given in 10th August 1792
The above sum to the Treasurer Equal in Dollars is 466.87/10
For the amount of the other
Price both being 231.66 Dollars
Estimate of Supplies required in the [undecipherable] Quarter line for 1799.
Vizt
Cavalry and Pack Horses No.
240 Horses $0. [undecipherable] 17200.
60 ditto, for Occasional Service " 4800.
64 Draft Horses " 6720.
60 Saddles & Bridles 16. 960.
21 Sets Harness & Gears 12. 252.
40 Dozen Curry Combs & Brushes 6. 240.
4 Ammunition Waggons 80. 320.
6 Baggage Waggons 80. 180.
750 Pack Horses 30. 22,500.
750 Pack Saddles 50. 975.
750 Bed Cords for lash ropes 25/6 250.
1500 pair Horse Shoes & Nails 25/6 500.
1200 Horse Halters & Collars 50. 600.
750 Cruppers & Surcingles 25/6 250.
15000, Bushels Forage 25/6 6000.
1000 Bottled Bags (4 Bushels) 80. 800.
1000 Ditto 21/2 Ditto 50. 500.
Amount Carried forward [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
From Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. Estimate of supplies required in the quartermaster Lines for 1792. Lists equipment with required numbers.
Date
1792
Repository
Document number
1792999990755
Page start
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Notable persons
pack horse masters
pack horse men
Notable locations
Fort Washington
Fort Pitt
Notable items
cavalry and pack horses
horses
occasional service
draft horses
saddles and bridles
sets
harness and geers
curry combs and brushes
ammunition wagons
pack horses
pack saddles
red cords for lash ropes
horse shoes and nails
horse bells and collars
cruppers and sarcingles
bushels
forage
bags
dollars
ticklenburgh
pads
small cords
twine
coloured thread
crooked and coarse needles
Dutch scythes
grass hooks
cutting knives
hand mills
wagons
falling axes
mattocks or grubbing hoes
pick axes
spades
shovels
frows
crow bars
maul rings and wedges
cross cut saws
steel plate handsaws
adzes
drawing knives
screw augers
claw hammers
gimlets
broad axes
fachine hatchets
shinglin hatchets
squares and compasses
joint rules
chizzels and gouges
plane irons
mounted grindstones
oil and sharpening stones
whip saw files
cross cut files
files and rasps
handsaw files
stock locks
double padlocks
blacksmith tools
armourer's tools
sadler's tools
cooper's tools
shoemaker's tools
turner's tools
tinner's tools
boxes
tin
spikes
nails
German steel
bar iron
iron wire
sodder
stationary
reams
writing paper
orderly books
company books
day books
ledgers
receipt books
copy books
sealing wax
wafers
quills
inkstands
black pencils
transportation
boats
fitting out
keel boats
sails
boats
yards
duck
awning and covers
ammunition boxes
kegs
tar
cables and ropes
oakum
gallons
flaxseed oil
Spanish brown
white lead in oil
chalks
lamp black
brushes
glue
