Estimate of expenditures in Quartermaster's department, Pittsburg

Item

Type

Document Signed

Title

Estimate of expenditures in Quartermaster's department, Pittsburg

Description

Ledger style list of expenditures from the Quartermaster's Department at Pittsburgh during the first quarter of 1796.

short description

Estimate of expenditures in Quartermaster's department, Pittsburgh for first quarter of 1796.

year created

1795

in image

created note

This document is believed to be written in 1795, but is not dated.

author note

unknown

notable person/group

Quartermaster
clerks
assistant commissary
runners
boat masters
boat men
artificers
blacksmiths
armorers
boat builders
carpenters
coopers
wagon master
pack horse master
pack horse drivers
wagoners
assistant quarter master
baker
cattle driver
sawyers
Quartermaster's department

notable location

Pittsburgh
Presqu Isle
Presq Isle
Ohio River
Allegheny River
French Creek
Fort Fayette
Fort Franklin
Lebany
Cassawago
Fort Randolph

notable item/thing

objects of expenditure
dispatches
wagons
keel boats
flat bottomed boats
batteaux
tar
cables
lash ropes
wagon harness
horses
oxen
forage
rent
store house
shops
fuel

document number

1795999990655

page start

9

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (115 pages) YHA10 (115 pages) Collection: Register of Estimated Requirements for Military Supplies kept by Samuel Hodgdon and William Irvine, Jan 1796-Feb 1805. (RG45) V: 111, P: 9-10

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Samuel Hodgdon [unknown] [n/a]