Estimated money wanted in Military Stores Department for 1793 supplies
Document 1793From Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. Estimate of money wanted in the Military Stores Department to procure the listed supplies for the year 1793.
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Estimate of money wanted in the Military Stores Department
to procure the following Supplies for the Year 1793
100 Reams of Musket Cartridge paper - - - @20/ 100 -
3500 Fuzes for 3¾ Howitzers - - - - @½/ 30 -
6 Boxes of Tin - - - - - - @125/ 37.10
6 Dark Lanhorns - - - - - @1/ 1.10
6 Horn D° - - - - - - @/16 2.3
6 Tumbrel Carts - - - - - @30/ 180 -
100 Yards Blues)
300 Yards Red} 1000 Yards Bunting - - @2/ 100 -
500 Yards White)
36 pounds Prussian Blue in Oil - - - @3/ 10.10
29¼ pounds white Lead in Oil - - - @10 9.6.8
50 pounds Lamp black - - - - @/6 3.15
64 Gallons Boiled Linseed Oil - - - @5/6 20.16
2 Barrels for D° - - - - - @7/6 - 15
54 Yards Silk for 16 Battalion Colors - @14/6 33.15
(Making, mounting, & covering D° - - @30/ 18 -
£348.2.8
Given April 9. 1793 - - - - Dollars 1461.69
Estimate of Money wanted in the Quarter Masters Department
to purchase the following Supplies for the Year 1793
6 Waggon Screws - - - - - @30/ 9 -
500 Nose Bags with Straps & Buckles - @3/ 75 -
4 Pieces of Sack Duck - - - - @79/ 14 -
1 Ton Spike rod Iron - - - - - - 140 -
1 Ton Steel Rod Iron - - - - - - 110 -
1 Ton Sheet Iron - - - - - - - 65 -
200 pounds large Iron Wire - - - @[undecipherable]/ 11.13.4
Carried up - £254.13.4
Amount brought up - - - - - £254.13.4
500 lbs Blister'd [undecipherable: Steel] - - on hand - -
500 lbs German Steel - - - - @3½ 17.14.2
16 lbs [undecipherable] Screws - - - @3/4 1.5.6
3 lbs Borax - - - - - - @6/6 1.2.6
6 Smiths Vices - 100 lbs ea - 240 lbs - @15/ - 15 -
1 D° Anvils D° ea - 110 lbs - - - @9/ 9.10 -
6 Sledge Hammers 10 lbs ea - 60 lbs - @11/ 2.15
6 Hand Hammers 6 lbs ea - 36 lbs - @1/ 1.16 -
2 Chests Carpenters tools assorted - - @250/ 60 -
12 Iron Squares - - - - - @2/6 1.10
12 Paris Compasses - - - - @1/ - 12 -
36 Joint Rules - - - - - @1/6 5 -
6 Dozen Spick Gimbles - - - - @4½ 3.7.6
12 Tenon Saws - - - - - @10/6 6.6 -
12 Dozen Gimbles assorted - - - @2/6 1.10
12 Carpenters Adzes - - - - @1/ 2.8 -
3 Dozen Drawing Knives - - - @20/ 3 -
100 lbs Chalk - - - - - @2 1.13.4
6 Dozen Chalk Lines - - - - @5/ 1.10 -
10,000 Indian Tacks - - - - @3½ 1.7.6
4 Setts Farmers Tools - - - - @10½ 9 -
4 Setts Soldiers Tools - - - - @5½/6 22.16 -
1 Sett Armourers Tools - - - @60/ 3 -
12 Setts Shoemakers Tools - - - @22/6 13.16 -
12 Turkey Oil Stones - - - - @7/6 1.10 -
12 Rub Stones - - - - - @2/6 1.10
1 Barrel Rosin (250 lbs) - - - @20/c 2.16.3
12 Boxes Tin plates - - - - @125/ 79.10
618 lbs White Lead in Oil - - - @46/ 47.14
112 Spanish Whiting - - - - @1/ - 9.4
2 Large Screw plates & Taps - - @25/ 2.10
Amount Brought Over
6 [undecipherable] Screw plates & taps - @4/6 3 -
2 Setts Scales & Weights [undecipherable] - @100/ 4 -
1 pair Large Steelyards - - - - @[undecipherable]/ 3.10
1 Dozen Large [undecipherable] - 37½ lbs - @5/ 2.5
12 Dozen Coarse [undecipherable] - 110.5 lbs - [undecipherable] 7½ -
6 Dozen ½ round D° - - - D° - @15/ 4.10
6 Dozen bastard flat D° - - D° - @13/ 4.16
6 D° [undecipherable] D° ground D° - - @19/ 11.16
1 Dozen Smooth flat D° - 12 to 6 lbs - @20/ 6 -
11 Dozen D° ground D° 2 - - - @20/ 4 -
4 Dozen Rattails D° 10.6 lbs - - @7/6 1.10
6 Dozen Squares D° 12.4 lbs - - @2/6 2.11
6 Dozen Whipsaw files - - - - @1/ 2.14
12 Dozen Hand saw files - - - @9/ 2.5
4 Dozen Needle [undecipherable] files - - @9/4 2.13.4
500 lbs No 20 [undecipherable] - - - @10/ 21.17.6
2000 lbs 10 & 2 - - - - - @11 - 83.6.8
1000 lbs 8 D° D° - - - - @11 - 45.16.8
2 Boxes Window Glass 8 by 10 - - @30/ 8 -
3 Dozen Masons Trowels - - - @2/6 3.4.6
2 Dozen English Hatchets - - - @5/ 10 -
50 [undecipherable] Books - - - @[undecipherable] 12.10
300 [undecipherable] Books - - - @3/ 45 -
50 Receipt Books - - - - @3/ 7.10
24 Copying Books - - - - @1/6 9 -
3 Day Books - [undecipherable] - - @10/ 1.16
2 Ledgers - D° - - - - @6/ 2.5
50 Reams Common [undecipherable] Writing paper @16/9 46.17.6
1 Reams Superfine - [undecipherable] - @9/ 6.15 -
6 Reams Medium - D° - - - @6/ 7.10
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
From Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. Estimate of money wanted in the Military Stores Department to procure the listed supplies for the year 1793.
Date
04/09/1793
Document number
1793040990155
Page start
65
Notable persons
Quartermaster General's Department
Commissary of Military Stores Department
Notable items
reams musket cartridge paper
fuzes for howitzers
boxes of tin
dark lanthorns
horn lanthorns
tumbrel carts
yards
bunting
blue
red
white
pounds
Prussian blue in oil
Prussian white lead in oil
lampblack
gallons
boiled linseed oil
barrels for linseed oil
making, mounting, covering
dollars

