Estimate of expenditures on account of the armorers employed at Springfield Armory in making public arms
Document 1798Estimate of expenditures on account of the armorers employed at Springfield Armory in Massachusetts in making public arms. One estimate [illegible] for $788. For digging and stoning a well is $200, and $90 for contingent expenses.
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Received August 13th 1798
of M: Simmons Accountant a Warrant
No 313 for One thousand Seventy eight
Dollars in full of the within Estimate
which sum I am to transmit to
[David] Ames Superintendent
of the Armoury at Springfield
Massachusetts
$1078.
Samuel [undecipherable] Sergt
Estimate of Expenditures on Account of the United States in aid &
on Account of the Armourers employed at Springfield —
Commonwealth of Massachusetts in making Public Arms
from Augt 1 to Sepr / 1798 =
Amount of [undecipherable] for large [undecipherable] Estimated at . . . . . $788..
for Diging a Well & Stoning do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200..
for contingent and incidental expences in Augt . . . . . . . . . . 90..
$1078..
Springfield Augt 2. 1798
A true Estimate
Honourable Secretary at War David Ames Supt
Type
Document Signed
Description
Estimate of expenditures on account of the armorers employed at Springfield Armory in Massachusetts in making public arms. One estimate [illegible] for $788. For digging and stoning a well is $200, and $90 for contingent expenses.
Date
08/02/1798
Author
Recipient
Document number
1798080240101
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
David Ames
Notable locations
Springfield
Massachusetts
Notable items
account
armory
well
digging
stoning
public
armorers