Wadsworth and Carter Reciepts, 1782-1783.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528

Background

Scope and content:

Bills and receipts of the firm Wadsworth and Carter. Documents relate to circumstances surrounding the Battle of Yorktown, October 1781, primarily concerning the return of wagons and teams of horses. Other receipts cover shoeing horses, traveling, recruiting army drivers, supplying food grains, straw, wood, and salt, and labor costs. Mentioned specifically are Count de Rochambeau, Marquis de Lafayette, and the "Duke's [Lauzun] Legion" in Hampton, [Va.]. There is also mention of Samuel Beale, J. Cammill, John Davis, John Debow, Mark Garrett, B. H. Holmes, Christian Ish, Thomas Lewis, Warner Lewis, Daniel Moore, Levi Pease, J. Penon, Benjamin Powell, and Daniel Rogan.

Biographical / historical:

The firm of Wadsworth and Carter was the creation of Jeremiah Wadsworth and Colonel Carter. Carter was actually John Barker Church. They served as agents for the French Army during the Revolutionary War.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1984.
Arrangement:

Chronologically arranged.

Physical description:
14 items.