Papers (Accession 54499), 1781-1788, 1795.

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Extent: .45 cubic feet.

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Papers consist of correspondence, as well as accounts, certificates, inventories, invoices, orders, and receipts, primarily related to purchasing and furnishing supplies for the Revolutionary War.

Supplies for the state include items such as arms and powder, food and spirits (biscuits, brandy, flour, rum, tea, whiskey), building materials (iron, nails), clothing and personal items (blankets, cloth, shoes, stockings) and other miscellaneous items (hemp, ink, ledger books, medicine, paper, quills).

Includes letters sent and received by Samuel Jones, Deputy Quartermaster General, 1781 Apr-July. Correspondence includes matters such as contracts for the delivery of coal from Powhatan coal pits; impressment of supplies and wagons; coordinating the removal of personal belongings, arms and stores west beyond the enemy's reach; an inventory of carpenter's tools delivered to Point of Fork; stores dispatched up river by canoe; requests for gunpowder; general transportation of forage and provisions; boat building; smith tools; powder for the Laboratory; removal from Point of Fork; general movement of troops; and prisoners.

Papers include specific references to the Public Hospital (undated); Invoice for hogshead Lower Potomac and Lower Rappahannock - Tobacco received by Treasurers, 1782 Nov; clothing for men belonging to the state laboratory, 1782 Nov.; order for quills and paper for the General Assembly, 1782 Nov; list of tobacco drawn from the Treasury and paid Gen. Morgan, 1782 Nov; delivery of shoes to state negroes, 1782 Dec; delivery of cloth for breeches to Jack, a state negro, 1782 Dec; order of Council for goods for Indians, 1782 Dec; supplies for Public Hospital and state laboratory, 1783, Jan-May; certificate for supplies furnished to the French Navy, 1783 June-Dec; receipt for hiring enslaved individuals to load and unload a wagon; starting, beating, sifting and mixing flour; baking biscuits, 1784 Jan-Apr; Commercial Agent account with John Fisher, deceased, St. Thomas, 1784 May 5; lists of balances due on the books of the late Commercial Agent, 1785; correspondence with Mssr. Penet and Col. LeMaire, 1785; and account with Westham Foundry, 1795. Also includes Account Disbursements from 25 Jan 1782-24 Feb 1783 in specie, including date, number, to whom disbursed and amount; and an Inventory of goods received of William Hay, late Commercial Agent, undated. (Accession 54499).

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