Estimate of Expenditures for June 1796
Document 1796"Estimate of expenditures on account of the United States, in aid, and on account of the Armorers employed at Springfield in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in making public arms from the first of June to the first of July 1796."
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Estimate of expenditures on Account of the United States, in aid, and on account of the armourers employed at Springfield in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in making public arms from the first of June to the first of July 1796
Springfield July the 1st 1796 A true estimate
David Ames Supt.
Honourable Secretary at War
[docket, verso:] July June 96
Estimate of D. Ames
for June
$1774 35/100
for July 760
2494 35
Estimate
[receipt, verso:] Recd. 25 July 1796 of
Wm Simmons Accountant
a Warrant No. 1349
for Two thousand four
hundred & seventy four
dollars 35/100 in full of
Estimate of David Ames
for May, June & July 96.
[signed] Samuel Lewis [undecipherable]
| Dollars | Cents | |
| Due on the estimate for May . . . . . . . . . . . | 865 | 45 |
| for 3500 bushels of coals supplied . . . . . . . . | 110 | |
| for files, fire coals, Emery & Co. supplied . . . . | 100 | |
| for Iron & Steel wanted . . . . . . . . . . distant | 400 | |
| for Stocking a hundred muskets, Apprentices clothing & other contingencies . . . | 130 | |
| Amount of pay roll for June . . . . . . . . . . . | 519 | 90 |
| 2174 | 35 | |
| 400 | ||
| 1774 | 35 |
Type
Document Signed
Description
"Estimate of expenditures on account of the United States, in aid, and on account of the Armorers employed at Springfield in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in making public arms from the first of June to the first of July 1796."
Date
07/14/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Springfield
Document number
1796071440101
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
David Ames
Notable locations
Springfield
Notable items
bushels of coal
files
sea coals
emery
iron
steel
muskets
apprentice's clothing
contingencies
pay rolls

