Request for Issue of Assorted Military Stores, Tools & Materials to Fort Johnson, SC
Document 1800Directs issue of various military stores to Fort Johnson and its subsidiaries in South Carolina, including cannon ammunition, barrels, cannon implements, tools, camp equipment, cloth, sieves, hand bellows, hides, raw minerals & metals, rope, etc.
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[Intendant's Office
Nov. 27, 1800
Sundries to be forwarded
Fort Johnston, North
Carolina]
Intendant of Stores Office
Philadelphia 27th Novr 1800
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to John Wilkins Esquire Quarter master General or order, the following articles for transportation to Fort Johnson and its dependancies (South Carolina) agreeably to directions from the Secretary of War filed in this Office. Viz: Four hundred and forty six cannon Ball twenty four pounders, three hundred and eighty one Cannon Ball, eighteen pounders, twelve reams of Cannon Cartridge Paper, six reams of rocket and portfire Paper, two pieces of Flannel, six pounds of cotton Wick, twenty gallons of Spirits of Wine, twenty gallons of white wine Vinegar, thirty dressed Sheep Skins, four thousand Spunge Tacks, two thousand copper Nails, sixteen — Budge Barrels with copper hoops, three sets of copper powder measures from six pound to half an ounce, three copper Scales with weights from four pounds to half an ounce, nineteen powder Horns with belts, twenty Gunners Gimblets, thirty gunners Punches, twelve gunners priming Wires, four brass Quadrants with Plumets, seven Gunters Scales, five callibe Compasses, five coopers copper Adzes and Drivers, ten Hammers five drawing Knives, ten pairs of Pincbers, five dozen Rasps assorte, ten block Sheaves, ten laboratory or shoemakers Knives, one oil Stone, ten pairs of Scissors, one thousand Needles, fifty skeigns of Hamburg line, fifty skeigns of tarred Marline, fifty pounds of Twine, fifty pounds of Thread, twenty salt or dredging Boxes, Thirty pounds of Glue and Tow, ten tin or copper Funnels for Shells, five iron Kettles for Kit, ten iron Ladles, four Bolts of Duck, five copper Kettles, two copper marking Pans, five brass wire sieves very fine, five common brass wire Sieves, five gauge Sieves with ball[undecipherable], three brass mortars with Pestles, one eight ounce rocket Mould with drift and Fumed, one portfire Mould with drift and Burner, one set of bullet moulds [strikethrough: —] three pairs of hand Bellows, one set of tinmans Tools, five oil Cloths, fifty tanned Hides, five hundred and fifty pounds of salt Petre, five hundred pounds of Sulphur, ten pounds of Antimony, two hundred and fifty pounds of Rosin, five hundred pounds of Pitche, fifty pounds of Bees wax, ten pounds of Rosin, thirty pounds of pewter Solder, ten Brushes, one box of Tin, fifty pounds of brass & iron wire assorted, twenty sheets of copper, one thousand pounds of Tow for wads, twenty gallons of olive oil, fifty gallons of linseed oil, three hundred pounds of white Lead, twenty five pounds of Lamp Black, one hundred pounds of sheet Lead, twenty whet Stones, four quires of sand paper, ten coils of Rope from one and an half to three inches, two hundred and two pounds of Slow match. the whole to be addressed to Major Constant Freeman.
Your most obt Servant
Samuel Hodgon
Mr John Harris
Public Storekeeper
Philadelphia
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of various military stores to Fort Johnson and its subsidiaries in South Carolina, including cannon ammunition, barrels, cannon implements, tools, camp equipment, cloth, sieves, hand bellows, hides, raw minerals & metals, rope, etc.
Date
11/27/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1800112728101
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
John Wilkins
Major Constant Freeman
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Fort Johnson
South Carolina
Notable items
articles
transportation
cannon ball twenty four pounders
cannon ball eighteen pounders
reams of cannon cartridge paper
reams of rocket and portfire paper
flannel
cotton wick
spirits of wine
white wine vinegar
dressed sheep skins
spunge tacks
copper nails
budge barrels with copper hoops
copper powder measures
copper scales with weights
powder horns with belts
gunners gimblets
gunners punches
gunners priming wires
bass quadrants with plumets
gunters scales
callibre compasses
caliber compasses
cooper's copper adzes and drives
hammers
drawing knives
pinchers
rasps
black sheaves
laboratory or shoemakers knives
oil stone
scissors
needles
skeins of hamburg line
skeins of tanned marline
salt or drudging boxes
flax and tow
tin or copper funnels for shells
iron kettles for kit
iron ladles
bolts of duck
copper kettles
copper mealing pans
brass wire sieves very fine
common brass wire sieves
gauze sieves with leather bottoms
brass mortars with pestles
rocket mould with drift and former
portfire mould with drift and former
mold
set of bullet moulds
hand bellows
tinmans tools
oil cloth
tanned hides
salt petre
saltpeter
sulphur
sulfur
antimony
rosin
pitch
beeswax
borax
pewter solder
brushes
tin
brass and iron wire
sheets of copper
junk for wads
olive oil
linseed oil
white lead
lamp black
sheet lead
whetstones
quires of sandpaper
coil of rope
slow match

