Estimate of Supplies required in the Quartermaster's line for 1792

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Estimate of Supplies required in the Quartermaster's line for 1792

Description

From Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. Estimate of supplies required in the quartermaster Lines for 1792. Lists equipment with required numbers.

year created

1792

in image

author note

unknown

notable person/group

pack horse masters
pack horse men

notable location

Fort Washington
Fort Pitt

notable item/thing

cavalry and pack horses
horses
occasional service
draft horses
saddles and bridles
sets
harness and geers
curry combs and brushes
ammunition wagons
pack horses
pack saddles
red cords for lash ropes
horse shoes and nails
horse bells and collars
cruppers and sarcingles
bushels
forage
bags
dollars
ticklenburgh
pads
small cords
twine
coloured thread
crooked and coarse needles
Dutch scythes
grass hooks
cutting knives
hand mills
wagons
falling axes
mattocks or grubbing hoes
pick axes
spades
shovels
frows
crow bars
maul rings and wedges
cross cut saws
steel plate handsaws
adzes
drawing knives
screw augers
claw hammers
gimlets
broad axes
fachine hatchets
shinglin hatchets
squares and compasses
joint rules
chizzels and gouges
plane irons
mounted grindstones
oil and sharpening stones
whip saw files
cross cut files
files and rasps
handsaw files
stock locks
double padlocks
blacksmith tools
armourer's tools
sadler's tools
cooper's tools
shoemaker's tools
turner's tools
tinner's tools
boxes
tin
spikes
nails
German steel
bar iron
iron wire
sodder
stationary
reams
writing paper
orderly books
company books
day books
ledgers
receipt books
copy books
sealing wax
wafers
quills
inkstands
black pencils
transportation
boats
fitting out
keel boats
sails
boats
yards
duck
awning and covers
ammunition boxes
kegs
tar
cables and ropes
oakum
gallons
flaxseed oil
Spanish brown
white lead in oil
chalks
lamp black
brushes
glue

document number

1792999990755

page start

46

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (5 pages) DFE01 (71 pages) Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) V: 148, P: 115-119

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Quartermaster General's Department [unknown] [n/a]