Invoice of ordinance and military stores shipped on brig Noah's Ark and subsequent report on whereabouts and condition
Document 1794Inventory of military stores shipped from Philadelphia to Wilmington North Carolina on the Brig Noah's Ark for Griffith McRea in the year 1794. A subsequent note dated April 1798 by Griffith McRea indicates that the stores were found in a warehouse. The stores were in damaged condition, particularly the fuses and powder. Some of the equipment, mortars, cannon, traveling carriages, are located at Fort Johnston
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[Administrative docket notation, rotated:] Statement of Military Stores forwarded to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] April 3d [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 1794 Entered [undecipherable] January [signature] [stamp: R.P.O.401310]
Invoice of Ordnance & Military Stores Shipped
on board the Brigg. Noahs Ark Henry [undecipherable]
Master from Philadelphia to Wilmington NC
$ 2 Brass Mortars 10 Inch
$2 Mortar Beds for Ditto
$ 2 Brass Cannon 4 pdr
$ 2 Travelling Carriages for Ditto
$ 2 Pair Limbers for Ditto
$ 4 Side Ammunition Boxes
$ 200 Shells empty 10 Inch
$ 200 Cannon Ball 4 pdr
4 Ammunition boxes containing 100 Cartshot fixed
$4 D° D° — — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] unfixed
$1 large box N° 9 containing 200 Fuses and filled
$200 paper Cartridges empty for 10 Inch Mortars
$2 Rammers & Sponges for Ditto
$2 Rammer heads
$2 Sponge Heads } for four pounders
$1 Sponge Skin — —
[stamp: Received from State Dep. Nov. 21 R.P.O.4018.0]
Continued
$200 Sponge Tacks
$ 2 Cannon Haversacks
" 2 Gunning Belts
$ 4 Flint Flasks
$ 4 Port Fire Stocks
$ 20 lb Slow Match
$ 8 Priming Wires
$ 4 Gouge Bits
$ 4 Screw Bits
$ 4 Cannon Drifts
$ 4 Cannon Spikes
" 2 Wad Hooks for 4 pdrs
$ 400 Flannel Cartridges
$ 2 Ladles & Heads & [undecipherable] for 4 pdrs
$ 2 [undecipherable] D° for 10 Inch Mortars
$400 Tubes empty for 4pdrs
$ 2 [undecipherable] Hammers
$ 9 [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Loose 2 Tampions & Shapes for 4pdrs
$ 2 Cannon Covers
$ 2 Drag Ropes
$ 2 Bridge Barrels
Continued
$ 40 Half Barrels Cannon Powder 50lb each
$ 1 Small Model & Bed of a Carriage for Mounting
Cannons in Batteries for Bartette Fireing)
(Sign'd) Sam Hodgdon
Philadelphia
Apr 23d 1794.
(Copy) John Stagg Jun Clk Dk
W.D.
Copy [signature]
In the Month of April 1798 when the above
Invoice came within my care I found most of the
Articles as above mentioned, on a ground floor of
a Ware House many of the [strikethrough: articles] were injured from
time, both as to appearance from situation, particularly the Powder & Fuse composition: those being
very much damaged. The Mortars & Cannon, with
their Beds, travelling Carriages & apparatus, are
now at Fort Johnston
[signature]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Inventory of military stores shipped from Philadelphia to Wilmington North Carolina on the Brig Noah's Ark for Griffith McRea in the year 1794.
A subsequent note dated April 1798 by Griffith McRea indicates that the stores were found in a warehouse. The stores were in damaged condition, particularly the fuses and powder. Some of the equipment, mortars, cannon, traveling carriages, are located at Fort Johnston
Date
04/23/1794
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1794042328001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Henry Skinner
Griffith McRee
John Stagg
clerk
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Wilmington North Carolina
warehouse
Fort Johnston
Notable items
military stores
inventory
damaged stores
fuzes
cannon
powder
mortars
traveling carriages
brass mortars
limbers
ammunition boxes
paper cartridges
rammers
plungers
sponge
Brigantine Noah's Ark
port fire
gouge bits
flannel cartridges
gunner's hammers
cannon covers
drag ropes
ladles
cannon spikes
screw bits
slow match
gunner's bits

