Military Inventory (1775)

Military items inventory: Front of item
Military items inventory

Front of item

Name/Title

Military Inventory (1775)

Entry/Object ID

2025.01.14.07

Tags

Military

Description

Handwritten list of items needed by military

Context

Names, prices, and quantity of items. Names on document appear to be Captain John (?) Martindale and Lieutenant Haynor.

Collection

Military

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1775

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Front of item

Transcription

1 1/2 pint pott, 3 pint [?] quart funnel, 1 quart funnel, 1 gill pott, 111 cartridge with 27[?] flannel cartridge filled, 214 37[?] round shott, 131 4[?] grape with flannel, 27 9[?] grape with flannel, 111 3 1/2 [?] round shott with flannel, 103 3 1/2 [?] flannel cartridge canister, 122 37 [?] paper cartridge filled, 111 4[?] grape without flannel, 2 4[?] canister without flannel, 1 sheep skin, 6 musquet cartridge bo[?], 8 paper quire, 7 ammunition boxes, 510 wads, 3 Bt[s] powder, 6 H[?] Bts powder, 26 [?] Bts powder, 14 24[?] flannel cartridge filled, [crossed out] 18 [?] grape without flannel [crossed out], 7 6[?] grape without flannel, 31 24[?] round shott, 32 24[?] paper cartridges filled, 19 quire cartridge paper, 1 24[?] fort cartridge boc, 7 24[?] grape without flannel, 68 [illegible] grape with [illegible] flannel cartridges, 116 3 [?] grape without flannel, 41 priming wires, 26 crab hand spikes, 24 3 round shott, 750. [?] old [?]unch, 162 18[?] paper cartridges filled, 96 18[?] round shott, 8 pinc[?]en, 1 18[?] worm & ladle, 19 empty powder horns, 3 tubes boxes 18[?] tubes, 80 18[?] grape without flannel, 196 12 [?] paper cartridges full, 108 12[?] round shott, 1 12[?] ladle & wormer, 4 tube boxes 12[?] tubes, 52 12 [?] grape without flannel, 309 27[?] paper cartridges fill, 34 setts tent poles, 34 tents, 12 cod lines, 8 mackarel sines, 24 pairs of shoes, 240 tin cups, 1 sett camp kettles 7 in the sett [?] covor, 21 camp kettles without covers, 7 quart potts, 6 coffee potts, 1 gallon pott, 1 1/2 gallon pott, 1 pint potts, 474 4[?] canister with flannel cartridges, 323 port fires, 763 [illegible] cartridges filled, 17 haversacks, 10 horn & apparatus, 60 lint stock, 37 port firestock, 25 4[?] tube boxes with tubes, 14 4[?] spunge & rammer, 9 ladele & wormers, 23 [?] 4[?] drag ropes, 15 4[?] travel [?] handspikes, 154 4[?] flannel cartridge, with round shott, 889 4[?] round shott, 17 laddles, 8 trace collan, 8 rope trases, 55 slow mathc, 1 tin [?] apparatus, 6 37[?] travel handspikes, 7 3 1/2 spunges & rammer, 3 3 1/2 ladle & wormers, 2 [?] 3 1/2 drag ropes, 2 tube boxes 3[?] tubes, 66 3[?] grape with flannel cartridge, 7 3 [?] spunge & kammer, 3 3[?] ladel & wormers, 44 3[?] canister with flannel cartridges, 11 hammers, 2 [?] 3[?] drag ropes, 377 3[?] peper cartridges filled, 1 3[?] travel handspike, 21 trace collar with iron trases Margins: Right Margin: 3 Uniform coats 6 P (pairs) breeches 1 Box Musquet (musket) cartridges 1 Box sporting t. for 4 pounder (pounds?) 7 Lanthorns 25-27 Sporting Cartridges 16 traps 1 Hand Trumpet 46… 6 Paper Cartridges filled 6 Narrow Axes 4 Iron Crow Bars 1 Skein ? 771 Tubes of Different sorts 152- 27 Tubes 60 q tubes 30- 4 Sporting Cartridges Left Margin: 18 Field Pieces 40 Sonalt Arms 13 Loads of pike peals 1000 Ruck shott Back of Document: 7-16 Garrison Cartridge Books 15-12 ditto......... ditto

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Inventory

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

List

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Hierarchy Name

inventories

Concept

ledgers (account books)

Dimensions

Width

12-1/2 in

Length

16-1/2 in

Material

Paper

Location

Location

Other

Main Floor Stair Case

Building

George Hail Free Library

Date

August 12, 2025

Location

Box

Document Box 11

Area

Museum Floor Landing

Building

George Hail Free Library

Date

January 14, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Multiple tears, rips, and staining.

Create Date

January 14, 2025

Update Date

August 12, 2025