[Invoice of Ordnance & Stores].
Document 1794List of materials shipped on vessel captained by John German to Charleston, SC.
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Invoice of Ordnance & Stores Shipped on Board the Ship Charleston of John Jenner, Master for Charleston, South Carolina — viz.
14 Iron Cannon, double fortified 12 pounders
14 Garrison Carriages complete with Beds & Quoins for Do
4 Brass Mortars . . . . 10 Inch.
4 Mortar Beds - for Do
2 Brass Howitzers 8 Inch:
2 Travelling Carriages complete for Do
2 [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] Do for Ditto
2100 Cannon Ball — 12 pounders
400 Shells . . . . . 10 Inch
200 Shells . — 8 Inch
200 Half Barrels Cannon powder containing 50 [lbs] each
9 Ammunition Boxes No 1-9. } conts - 102 Grape shot — 12 pounders unfixed
9 Ditto No 10 a 18 } Do - 134 Case shot — 12 pounders unfixed
1 Do No 19. Do 357 Fuzes fixed — 10 Inch —
1 Box No 20. — 98 [lbs] Cannon Cartridge paper
500 paper Cartridges empty 12 pounders
200 Ditto — Do 8 Inch
200 Fuzes fixed — 8 Inch
43 Do — — 10 Inch
14 powder horns & straps
8 Gunner Belts
8 Do Hammers
8 Do Pinchers
20 priming Wires
10 Forge Bits —
10 Foret Bits —
10 Cannon Spikes —
10 Cannon Drifts
6 Cannon Haversacks
20 port fire Stocks —
1 Box No 21 conts - 102 [lbs] yellow Match
6 Sponge Skins
1000 sponge Jacks
600 Tubes empty for Mortar & Howitzers
14 Rammer Heads — 12 pounders
14 Sponge Heads — 12 —
7 Copper Ladles & Heads 12 Do
4 Rammerheads for 10 Inch Mortars
4 Sponge heads for Do
4 Copper Ladles & Heads for Ditto
2 Rammerheads for 8 Inch Howitzers
2 Sponge heads for Do
2 Copper Ladles & Heads for Do
20 Vent Stocks —
7 Worms for 12 pounders
200 Flannel Cartridges for 8 Inch Howitzers
80 flannel Cartridges for 10 Inch Mortars
14 Tompions — for 12 pounders
14 Tompion straps for Do
2 Tompions — for 8 inch Howitzers
2 Tompion straps for Do
2 Howitzer foucres — Do
Loose 14 Sets of Drag Ropes for 12 pr Cannon
2 Sets Do for [undecipherable] Howitzers
— 6 Budget Barrels — Leathered —
16 Lead Aprons — in Box No 21. . .
Signed — Samuel Hodgdon
Commissary Military Stores.
Type
Document Signed
Description
List of materials shipped on vessel captained by John German to Charleston, SC.
Date
1794
Author
Collection
Document number
1794999928001
Page start
5
Note
Knox appears to believe that William Moultrie remains governor of South Carolina, see Knox to Moultrie, 03/13/1795. Arnoldus Vanderhorst took the office in 01/17/1794.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John German
captain
Notable locations
Charleston
South Carolina
Notable items
list
stores
shipped
a proper person
carriages
traveling

