Estimate of expenditures in Quartermaster's department, Pittsburg

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Estimate of objects of expenditure in D. Master Dep. as the Post of Pittsburgh & its dependencies during the first Quarter of the Year 1796. Com.g the first of January & ending 1^st of April inclusive Pittsburgh — 1 Assistant Commissary at Pittsburgh 30 D p [undecipherable] 107 11½ Clerks in D. Master Commissary Ship 2 do 3m & 1 [undecipherable] 214 38½ 2 Runners & carry 'g Dispatches for [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] 140 1 Boat Master for Ohio, Allegheny & [undecipherable] 140 1 Boat master for smaller [undecipherable] at 20 [undecipherable] 740 42 Boat men . . . at 15 Dolls p [undecipherable] 1850 1 Master Artificer . . at 30 D p [undecipherable] mo 90 4 Blacksmiths . . . at 20 D p [undecipherable] mo ea 240 2 Armourers . . at 20 D p Mo 120 1 Boat Builders . . . [undecipherable] 180 2 Carpenters . . . [undecipherable] 120 1 Cooper . . . [undecipherable] 60 1 Waggon Master . . 30 D p [undecipherable] mo 90 1 Pack Horse Master . . 30 D p [undecipherable] mo 90 5 Pack Horse Drivers at 15 D p [undecipherable] mo ea 225 1 Magazines for Pittsburgh and its [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] p [undecipherable] 135 4 Large Keel Boats for Ohio, Allegheny & at [undecipherable] 440 6 flat bottomed [undecipherable] for Ohio at [undecipherable] D ea 340 2 Battaux for French Creek at 140 Dol ea 160 100 Quires of Tar at 33⅓ [undecipherable] 33 83½ Cable for Boat Lash Ropes & Oakum 150 Scantling Boards & [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] 200 2 New Waggons for [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] D ea 200 Harness complete for 6 waggon Teams of 4 horse at 150 210 Fuel for Garrison of Fort [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 500 Forage for Horse & Dogs employed at Pittsburgh, Fort Franklin, [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] per [undecipherable] 860 66⅔ Carried Over 7451 50 Bro Over — D 7451 50 4 Waggon Horses . . at 100 D ea 400 — 2 Yoke of Oxen . . 80 Dols ea 160 — Am^t Rents of Commissary Store House, Artificer Shop &c 160 — 8171 50 Fort Franklin 1 Assistant Quarter Master at 30 D p Mo ea 90 — 2 Carpenters . . . . . Ditto ea 180 — 1 Blacksmith . . . 2 20 D p Mo 60 , 1 Waggoner . . . " Ditto 60 , 390 — Cassawago — 1 Assistant Quarter Master Commissary at 25 D p [undecipherable] mo 75 — Fort Randolph 1 Assistant Quart Masters Commissary at 20 D p [undecipherable] mo 60 , Fuel & other contingent Expences of Fort Randolph 250 , 310 , Presq' Isle — 1 Assistant Quarter Master at 30 Dol p Mo 90 — 1 Commissary . . . . at 30 D p Mo 90 — 1 Master Artificer, engaged in erecting the Works of Presq Isle 120 , 6 Carpenters . . . . at 40 D p Mo [undecipherable] at 30 D 4 mo ea 540 , 6 Ditto taken from the Garrison at 10 D p [undecipherable] mo ea 180 , 2 Sawyers at 30 Dollars p Mo ea 180 — 2 Blacksmiths at 20 Dollars ea 120 , 1 Baker . . at 20 Dollars 60 , 2 Waggoners . . at 20 Dollars 120 , 3 Cartel Drivers at 15 Dol p Mo 135 , 1635 — Dolr 10581 50

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Document Signed

Description

Ledger style list of expenditures from the Quartermaster's Department at Pittsburgh during the first quarter of 1796.

Date

1795

Document number

1795999990655

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Notable persons

Quartermaster

clerks

assistant commissary

runners

boat masters

boat men

artificers

blacksmiths

armorers

boat builders

carpenters

coopers

wagon master

pack horse master

pack horse drivers

wagoners

assistant quarter master

baker

cattle driver

sawyers

Quartermaster's department

Notable locations

Pittsburgh

Presqu Isle

Presq Isle

Ohio River

Allegheny River

French Creek

Fort Fayette

Fort Franklin

Lebany

Cassawago

Fort Randolph

Notable items

objects of expenditure

dispatches

wagons

keel boats

flat bottomed boats

batteaux

tar

cables

lash ropes

wagon harness

horses

oxen

forage

rent

store house

shops

fuel