Return of Powder Shipped to Albany in Fall 1793
Document 1795This is the multi-page return of double barrels, single barrels, and half-barrels of powder shipped by order of the Secretary of War by Fleming on sundry dates on board the sloop "Good for Evil," Daniel Bloomer, Master and the sloop "Peggy & Sukky," William P. Schenck, Master. Each cargo is consigned to Captain Michael G. Houdin in Albany.
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Return of Powder
Shipped to Albany in the
fall of 1793
[Major George Flemmings / Return of [undecipherable] Be App[rised] / [undecipherable] West Point Albany / rec'd April 1, 1795]
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Return of 62 Double Barrels, 162 Single Barrels and [½?] Barrels of Powder marked ⊕, Shipped by order of the hon. the Secretary of War, to George Flemming, on the 21st September on board the Sloop Good for Evil, Daniel Bloomer master, on the 13th October on board the Sloop Good for Evil, Daniel Palmer master, and on the 27th October 1793 on board the Sloop Peggy & Sukky, Will.m R. Schurck master, each cargo consigned to Capt. Mich.l G. Jendin in Albany — Number, Weight & Gage &c
[Column headers left:] No. | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | Remarks [Column headers right:] No. | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | Remarks
Double Barrels
1 14 222 27 - 25
2 11 233 33 - 33½
3 9 240 33 - 35
4 11 237 35 - 35
5 11 240 37 - [undecipherable]
6 9 240 37 - [undecipherable]
7 8 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
8 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
9 [undecipherable] 243 [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
10 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
11 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
12 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
13 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
14 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
15 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
16 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
17 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
18 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
19 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
20 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
21 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
22 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
23 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
24 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
25 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
26 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
27 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
28 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
29 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
30 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
31 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
32 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
33 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
34 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
35 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
36 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
37 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
38 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
39 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
40 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
41 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
42 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
43 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
44 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
45 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
46 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
47 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
48 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
49 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
50 [undecipherable] 24[undecipherable] [undecipherable] - [undecipherable]
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Long T. Barrels [at bottom right, page 2]
[undecipherable entries]
Carried forward — Carried forward —
[Continuation, pages 3–10, barrel numbers running into the hundreds, then thousands; each row follows same column format with No. and several measurements; the following section and remarks labels are visible across these pages:]
[undecipherable rows continuing in same column format across pages 3–9]
[Page 4, lower left:]
Half Barrels
[undecipherable rows for half barrels]
Carried forward — Carried forward —
[Pages 5–9 continue with same format; column headers on each page read:]
Proof [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Remarks
[Page 5, remarks column, certain rows:]
Canteen
[Page 7, remarks column, certain rows:]
fine
[Page 10:]
[undecipherable rows continuing]
Canoe [in Remarks for certain rows]
Cannon [in Remarks for certain rows]
Long T. Barrel
1099 20[undecipherable] 19 33[undecipherable] 41[undecipherable] 41[undecipherable] 37[undecipherable]
Carried forward — Carried over
Memorandum
Brought over
Memorandum. For The Abstract of Ordnance and Military Stores dated Nov. 9th 1793, sent to Albany, is mentioned 161 Double Barrels, 162 Single Barrels and 71½ Half Barrels of Powder. Captain [Brindin?] sent back to —[undecipherable] Nov. 15, 1793, 2 Double Barrels & 21 Single Barrels of Powder, as his Magazine would not hold them, which are not included in The within Return.—
P—marked with black paint, on a head of each cask, the Number, tare, nett weight & proof.—
West Point, March 17th, 1795
Geo. Fleming
Type
Document Signed
Description
This is the multi-page return of double barrels, single barrels, and half-barrels of powder shipped by order of the Secretary of War by Fleming on sundry dates on board the sloop "Good for Evil," Daniel Bloomer, Master and the sloop "Peggy & Sukky," William P. Schenck, Master. Each cargo is consigned to Captain Michael G. Houdin in Albany.
Date
03/17/1795
Author
Sent from
West Point
Document number
1795031790001
Page start
1
Note
A ten-page return.
Notable persons
George Fleming
Notable locations
West Point

