Enclosed: Invoice of Military Stores Returned by Jersey Line
Document 1794Enclosed invoice, quality of supplies is poor. Other articles can be found in public stores.
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give you a more particular account of the business
I am Your Most Huml Servt
Peter Hunt
Col S Hodgdon Lancoster Feby 7 1795
Sir
I have added the remainders of the Stores to the return of what was recd. from the Jersey Militia; and have found there to be in their possession Havons as if received within the most of the Tents Musket Bayonets Cartouch boxes Belts an advance up to the publick Store hapen on the root to Fort Pitt, the remainder [strikethrough: hap] are in the country and I am informed mostly with the officers waiting for orders for a Depo to from what I can hear think it would be of advantage to call them in without loss of time as many of the articles will receive considerable injury from want of attention — I am with respt
Your Most Humt
P Hunt
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Saml Feb 10 1795
S Hodgdon
Sir Your letter of the 4th Instr
I have received & am to request you to consider the first Return is a made by mere conjecture as by my 18th of 30 December more to give you some Idea of what Stores were delivered by the New Jersey troops — The last being made as near as possible is the one which was intended to be considered as nearly accurate as possible in excepto the first — this number of Muskets ought to have been 806 & the late 822. The difference having been returned after the first was made this cause of which was that Stores nearly that number was in the Neighbourhood which were not handed into the publick Store but was confident would be be the respect to the ballance due me now at will be in Good fame. — I am Sir with great Respect
Your most Huml Servt
P Hunt
Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Enclosed invoice, quality of supplies is poor. Other articles can be found in public stores.
Date
12/30/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Lamberton
Collection
Document number
1794123055055
Page start
16
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Peter Hunt
cavalry
Jersey Line
cavalry
Notable locations
Lamberton
New Jersey
Reading
Greensburgh
Bedford
Carlisle
Fort Pitt
Notable items
cartouch boxes
tents
military stores
invoice
horseman's tents
common tents
camp kettles
buckets
spades
axes
mail pillions
swords
pistols
artillerty stores
under cover

