Articles Needed for the Army Hospital
Document 1794Major Isaac Craig lists the numerous articles received from George Balfour, Purveyor of the hospital for the Militia Army. Craig provides this list to Hodgdon, Commissary of Military Stores. List includes rice, molasses, brandy, wine, sugar, tea, etc.
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Pittsburg 20th November 1794 Received of George Balfour, Purveyor of the Hospital for the Militia Army, one Tierce Inn. one barrel Molasses, one cask containing twenty seven gallons brandy— one cask containing thirty gallons Port-Inn. Two Quarter Casks containing twenty seven and the other twenty six gallons Madeira Wine. One Cask containing fourteen gallons Madeira Wine, one Box containing 4 leaves Sugar and five pounds Hy on Tea in a hamper — one box containing one sett amputating Instruments, one ditto Treppanning— two ditto Teeth, two ditto Pocket, four dozen Syringes, two pair bullet forceps & three cases containing small tin Lancets.— two Boxes containing Sundry Medicine.— One keg containing twenty pounds Bohea Tea.— two small boxes containing lint, one cask for tin Instruments & linnen for bandages— One keg containing forty pounds nine ounces Sugar & wrapping paper.— one Small keg with darts, one keg containing one hundred & thirty eight pounds brown Sugar. One box with twenty four pounds Chocolate. One cannister containing eight pounds Green Tea. Fifteen pounds Buchong Tea. one initial lot— forty one Old Beds, one Barrel Hospital Furniture. One barrel brown Sugar. Twenty pounds Barley. One & half Ream Wrapping Paper. One Horsemans Tent. One common Tent.— One keg containing Five [undecipherable] Gallons Madeira Wine, One pair Halyards, One funnel and Quart measure.— NB. A number of the above articles were received by information it being impossible to ascertain the general quantities with accuracy at the moment they were delivered.—
Signed Duplicate
Isaac Craig.
D.D.M.G.
[Received
Steuben County
Nov 21 1794
[undecipherable]]
[May have (Copy)
a Majors monthly a ——
a his proceedings &c
to Maj. Gr. [undecipherable]
by Genl Pickering
8th May P.M. 1795
Miles January 1795]
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Major Isaac Craig lists the numerous articles received from George Balfour, Purveyor of the hospital for the Militia Army. Craig provides this list to Hodgdon, Commissary of Military Stores. List includes rice, molasses, brandy, wine, sugar, tea, etc.
Date
12/09/1794
Author
Recipient
Document number
1794120990001
Page start
1
Notable persons
George Balfour
Isaac Craig, Deputy Quartermaster Genral
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable items
rice
molasses
brandy
port wine
madeira wine
sugar
hyson tea
amputating instruments
syringes
bullet forceps
lancets
sundry medicine
lint
linen for bandages
sugar and wrapping paper
brown sugar
chocolate
green tea
souchong tea
bed ticks
hospital furniture
barley
horseman's tent
steel yards
funnel
quart measure

