Military Stores & Ammunition Put on Board the Gondolas, October 21, 1775

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[Philadelphia, Saturday, October 21, 1775] ²

The Experiment Capn [Benjamin] Thom[p]son
50	18 Pr round Shot	10	lb Match
100	do Wadds	1	Lead Apron
2	do Rammers & Sponges	15	Cutlasses
2	do Wadd Hooks & Ladles	8	Cross Barr shot
2	do Cartridge Boxes	60	Grape do
1	do Bed & Quine [Quoin]	50	lb Partridge do
2	Powder Horns Bitts & priming Irons	1	Budge Bbl
2	Iron Crows	1	Wadd Hook for Swivels
2	Hand Spikes	10	Pikes
4	Match Stocks	4	Boxes 18 pr 32 Cartridges 4½ lb
3	Lanthorns		100 Swivel do 1/6
Franklin Capn [Nicholas] Biddle
50	24 Pr round Shot	7	Cross Barr Shot
40	do Wadds	80	lb 1¼ Grape Shot
1	do Rammer & Sponge	50	lb Partridge Shot
1	do Wadd Hook & Ladle	1	Budge Barrel
2	do Cartridge Boxes	2	Pr Pistols
2	Horn Bitts & Wires	10	lb Match
1	Iron Crow	1	Bed & Quine
2	Hand Spikes	1	Tomkin
2	Lanthorns	1	Box 24 Pr 8 Cartridges each 8⅓ lb
2	Match Stocks	3	do 24 do do 6
1	Bed & Quine		80 do Swivels 1/6
2	Rammers		20 do Swivels 1/6
1	Wadd Hook for Swivels	10	Pikes
15	Cutlasses
Washington Capn [Henry] Dougherty
53	32 pr Round Shot	1	Apron Lead
2	do Rammers & Sponges	1	Budge Barrel
2	do Ladles & Wadd Hooks	80	lb 1¼ Grape Shot
2	do Cartridge Boxes	50	lb Partridge do
2	Horns, Bitts & priming Irons	9	Cross Barrs
1	Iron Crow	10	Pikes
2	Hand Spikes	15	Cutlasses
10	lb Match	1	pr Pistols
2	Lanthorns	1	Box 32 pr 8 Cartridges 11 lb Powder
1	Quine		do 24 do 6
8	Wadds		100 do Swivel 1/6
4	Match Stocks
Bull-Dog Capn [Alexander] Henderson
50	18 Pr Round Shot	1	Hammer
100	do Wadds	2	Swivel Guns
2	do Rammer & Sponges	16	do Shot
2	do Wadd Hooks & Ladles	1	Budge Barrel
2	do Cartridge Boxes	2	Bitts
1	Bed & Quine	10	& 5 Cutlasses
1	Lead Apron	50	lb Partridge Shot
3	Horns, Bitts & priming Irons	10	Pikes
2	Iron Crows	1	Tomkin
2	Hand Spikes	4	Boxes 18 Pr 32 cartridges 4½ lb
4	Match Stocks		80 do Swivel 1/6
3	Lanthorns		20 do Cow
10	lb Slow Match		Horns [Cohorns] 1/6
8	Cross Barr Shot
144	Grape Shot lb 1¼
1	Fuimer [Former]
12	Hand Grenades
Congress Capn [John] Hamilton
50	24 Pr Round Shot	6	Cross Barr Shot
22	do Wadds	50	lb Partridge Shot
2	do Rammer & Sponges	60	1¼ lb Grape Shot
2	do Wadd Hook & Ladles	1	Budge Barrel
2	do Cartridge Cases	10	& 5 Cutlasses
1	Quine	10	lb Slow Match
2	Horn Bitts & Wire	1	Pair Pistols
1	Iron Crow	6	Rammers & Wadds Swivels
2	Hand Spikes	2	Boxes Powder 24 Pr 16 Cartridges 8¼
4	Match Stocks	2	do do 16 do 6
4	Lanthorns		80 Swivel 1/6
1	Lead Apron		20 do 1/6
10	Pikes
Dickinson Capn [John] Rice
50	24 Pr Round Shot	4	Rammers & 1 Worm for Swivels
30	do Wadds	10	Pikes & 1 Budge Barrel
1	do Wadd Hook & Ladle	70	1¼ lb Grape Shot
1	do Rammer & Sponge	50	lb Partridge do
2	do Cartridge Cases	15	Granades
2	Horn Bitts & Wires	1	pair Pistols
1	Iron Crow	1	Lead Apron
2	Hand Spikes	4	Boxes 24 Pr 32 Cartridges 2:8⅓ lb
2	Lanthorns		2:6 1/6
2	Match Stocks		100 Swivel do 1/6
10	lb Match
Effingham Capn [Allen] Moore
50	18 Pr Round Shot	60	Grape do
40	do Wadds	50	lb Partridge do
1	do Rammer & Sponge	15	Cutlasses
1	do Wadd Hook & Ladle	1	Budge Barrel
2	do Cartridge Boxes	10	lb Match
3	Horns, Bitts & Wire	1	Lead Apron
2	Hand Spikes	20	Swivel Cartridges
1	Iron Crow	10	Pikes
2	Lanthorns	1	Box Pow. 18 Pr 8 Cartridges 6⅓
2	Match Stocks	3	Boxe do 24 Do. 4¼
8	Cross Barr Shot		80 Swivel 1/6
Hancock Capn Tho[ma]s Moore
50	18 Pr Round Shot	1	Lead Apron
50	do Wadds	15	Cutlasses
2	do Rammers & Sponges	1	Pair Pistols
2	do Wadd Hook & Ladles	10	lb Match
2	Cartridge Cases	60	Grape Shot
1	Quine	50	lb Partridge Shot
2	Horns Bitts & Wires	8	Cross Barr do
1	Crow	10	Pikes
2	Hand Spikes	4	Boxes 18 Pr 32 Cartridges 4½ lb
4	Match Stocks		100 Swivels do 1/6
2	Lanthorns
Burke Capn [James] Blair
50	18 Pr Round Shot	1	Tomkin
8	do Cross Barr	1	Quine
20	do Wadds	2	Match Stocks
2	do Wadd Hooks & Ladles	10	lb Match
2	do Rammers & Sponges	10	Pikes
2	do Cartridge Boxes	15	Cutlasses
2	Lanthorns	1	Pair Pistoles
2	Horn Bitts & Wires	4	Boxes 18 Pr 32 Cartridges Powder 6 lb
2	Hand Spikes		80 Swivel 1/6
1	Iron Crow		20 do 1/6
1	Lead Apron
Chatham Capn [Charles] Alexander
50	24 Pr Round Shot	3	Match Stocks
10	do Cross Barr Do	15	Hand Granades
30	do Wadds	2	Sheep Skins
1	do Rammer & Sponge	100	lb Partridge Shot
1	do Wadd Hook & Ladle	60	1½ Grape do
2	do Cartridge Cases	30	Landgridge [langrage]
4	Horn Bitts & Wires	1	Ammunition Chest
2	Iron Crows	10	lb Match
2	Hand Spikes	1	Budge Bbl
2	Lanthorns	15	Cutlasses & 1 Pair Pistols
1	Lead Apron	4	Boxes 24 Pr 32 Cartridges 16 lb
10	Pikes		120 Swivels do 1/6
Ranger Capn [James] Montgomery
50	18 Pr Round Shot	12	& 3 Cutlesses
8	do Cross Barr	60	1½ lb Grape Shot
30	do Wadds	50	lb Partridge do
2	do Rammers & Sponges	2	Boxes Powder 18 Pr 16 cartridges
2	do Wadd Hooks & Ladles		6⅓ lb
2	do Cartridge Cases		46 Do Swivel 1/6
1	Quine		Case Powder 4
1	Lead Apron	2	Boxes Powder 18 Pr 16 Cartridges 4½
1	Iron Crow	1	Budge Barrel
4	Hand Spikes	6	Lead Apron for Swivel Weighting 4 lb
2	Lanthorns
4	Horns Bitts & Wires	1	Pair Pistols
2	Match Stocks	15	Hand Granades
10	lb Match	70	Swivel Cartridges 1/6
4	Rammers & 1 Hook for Swivels	10	Pikes
Campden [Camden] Capn [Richard] Eyres
50	18 Pr Round Shot	10	Pikes
8	do Cross Barr	1	Budge Bbl
20	do Wadds	1	Quine
2	do Wadd Hook & Ladles	4	Match Stocks
2	do Rammers & Sponges	10	lb Match
3	do Cartridge Cases	2	Rammer & 1 Wadd Hook for Swivels
2	Lanthorns	8	Double Head Shot
4	Horns Bitts & Wires	60	1¼ lb Grape Shot
2	Hand Spikes	50	lb Partridge Shot
1	Iron Crow	4	Boxes 18 Pr 32 Cartridges 4½ lb
1	Lead Apron		80 Swivel do
1	Tomkin		20 do 1/6
10	& 5 Cutlasses
Warren Capn [Samuel] Davidson
50	18 Pr Round Shot	10	lb Match
8	do Cross Barr do	1	worm & 2 Swivel Rammers
2	do Rammers & Sponges	1	Budge Barrel
2	do Wadd Hooks & Ladles	10	& 5 Cutlasses
3	do Cartridge Cases	60:	1½ lb Grape Shot
1	Quine	50	lb Partridge do
1	Lead Apron	10	Pikes
2	Horns Bitts & Wire	15	Hand Granades
1	Iron Crow	14	lb Lead for Aprons
2	Hand Spikes	2	Boxes 18 Pr 16 Cartridges 4½ lb
2	Match Stocks	2	do 16 do. 4½
2	Lanthorns		100 Swivel 1/6

[Endorsed] Account of Stores &c on board the Several Gondolas by Robt Towers, Commis.

1. Pa. Arch.

2. The date is approximated. Instructions to supply certain military stores to all thirteen gondolas were issued by the Committee of Safety to Commissary Towers on October 11, 1775. Each gondola lists fifteen cutlasses, and the Committee of Safety records the purchase, on October 20, of 195 cutlasses. None of the gondolas, according to the foregoing returns, carried any muskets, and the Committee minutes for October 23 report the delivery of various quantities of firelocks to each gondola. Hence, the return would have been made on either October 21 or 22, and, as the latter date was Sunday, it is probable that Towers' report was prepared on Saturday, October 21.

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1775 October 21

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Volume 2

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Philadelphia

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American Theatre from September 3, 1775, to October 31, 1775

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

Military Stores & Ammunition Put on Board the Gondolas, October 21, 1775

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