Estimate of Money wanted for Quartermaster's Department for 1793

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Estimate of Money wanted for Quartermaster's Department for 1793

Description

From Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. Estimate of money wanted in the Quarter Masters Department to purchase the listed supplies for the year 1793. Indicates estimated amounts of each item required for the year.

year created

1793

month created

04

day created

11

in image

author note

unknown

notable person/group

Quarter Master General

notable item/thing

wagon screws
nose bags with straps and buckles
pieces topsail duck
ton spike rod iron
nail rod iron
sheet iron
pounds large iron wire
amount
blistered steel
German steel
spiller solder
borax
smith's vices
smith's anvils
sledge hammers
hand hammers
chests carpenter's tools assorted
iron squares
pairs compass
joint rules
dozen spike gimblets
tenon saws
gimblets assorted
chalk
chalk lines
set sadler's tacks
tanner's tools
sadler's tools
timan's tools
shoemaker's tools
turkey oil stones
rub stones
barrel rosin
boxes tin plates
white lead in oil
Spanish whiting
large screwplates and taps
small screw plates and taps
scales and small brass weights
pairs large steelyards
large rub files
dozen coarse flat files
round flat files
bastard flat files
bastard round files
smooth flat files
smooth round files
rattail files
3 square files
whipsaw files
handsaw files
millsaw files
nails
boxes window glass
mason's trowels
English scythes
company books
orderly books
receipt books
copying books
day books ruled for dollars and cents
ledgers ruled for dollars and cents
reams common writing paper
superfine writing paper
medium writing paper
letter paper
fine folio paper
papers black ink powder
papers red black ink powder
sealing wax
small boxes wafers
black lead pencils
hiding pencils
leather ink pots
pewter ink pots
penknives
common writing quills
fine writing quills
travelling forges complete
horsemen's tents
common tents
tent lines
ells ticklenburg
strong sewing thread
common sewing thread
twine assorted
dollars

document number

1793041190255

page start

65

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) DFE01 (71 pages) Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) V: 148, P: 134-137

Document names

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