Estimate of expense to transport shot and shell
Document 1793From Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. Estimate of the expenses of bringing the shot and shells from Susquehanna and the Head of Elk to Philadelphia.
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Estimate of the expence of bringing the Statte and Shells from Susquehanna and the Head of Elk to this City
250 Tons from Susquehanna to Head of Elk @[undecipherable] p Ton
in Dollars 250.—
500 Tons from thence to Christiana @[undecipherable] p Ton is — 1966. 67
500 Tons from Christiana to this City — @[undecipherable] p Tons — 800.—
Moving 500 Tons from the Wharff to the Hall from
@[undecipherable] is — 193. 33
Piling them up — say — 16 —
Dollars 1966.
Philadelphia June 21st 1773
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
From Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. Estimate of the expenses of bringing the shot and shells from Susquehanna and the Head of Elk to Philadelphia.
Date
06/21/1793
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1793062190355
Page start
70
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Susquehanna
Head of Elk
Philadelphia
Christiana
Notable items
tons
wharf
shot stores
dollars