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Hamilton Library

Cumberland County Historical Society

Carlisle, PA

Name: James R. and Lorraine H. Humer Collection MG-167

Materials: Papers (1747-1903, bulk 1777-1782)

Volume: 1 linear feet (1 Document Box)

Donation: James R. and Lorraine H. Humer L2013.170

Usage: There are no usage restrictions on these materials.

Abstract

This collection consists mainly of records associated with Continental Army Quartermaster

Department personnel headquartered in Carlisle, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.

Beyond the American Revolution era records, the Humer collection also includes numerous

pieces of personal correspondence and business and legal records associated with two prominent

individuals from 18th century Cumberland County: Samuel Postlethwaite and John Agnew.

Historical Note

During the American Revolution, the Continental Army’s Quartermaster Department appointed

representatives to orchestrate logistical support for military units and depot

activities in Pennsylvania west of the Susquehanna River. For this area—designated as

the ‘Western District’, John Davis, a Deputy Quartermaster General with the rank of ‘Colonel,’

directed operations from Carlisle. Samuel Postlethwaite, also of Carlisle, served as Davis’s

principal assistant. Other key district personnel included Samuel Rippey in Shippensburg and

Thomas Smith in Bedford. Davis regularly reported on his activities and the status of his supplies

to Department superiors in Philadelphia and to the Quartermaster General located with George

Washington. Davis and his assistants handled transportation of supplies for both Continental line

and militia troops from Pennsylvania and a few from Virginia and North Carolina. Transport of

supplies to Fort Pitt was a major focus of their efforts, as was the delivery of arms and

ammunition produced at the Carlisle Barracks and of hides and other animal parts from western

Pennsylvania to Lancaster to support leather making activities directed by William Henry,

Assistant Commissary General for Hides. To make these deliveries possible, Davis and his staff

employed or contracted with large numbers of men to drive wagons (‘wagoners’ and ‘wagon

masters’) and lead teams of packhorses and arranged for the acquisition and transport of forage

for and care of the horses involved.

Most of the quartermaster records in the Humer Collection bear the name of John Davis or

Samuel Postlethwaite. Davis had seen service with Pennsylvania troops at least in New Jersey in

early 1777 before he received his appointment to the Quartermaster Department in May 1777.

Samuel Postlethwaite, Davis’s principal assistant by April 1778, was a trader, merchant and

tavern keeper in Carlisle. Postlethwaite had led a militia/’associators’ company from

Cumberland County to New Jersey in 1776, and most recently had headed a security company

assigned to protect the Carlisle barracks. Davis and Postlethwaite represented the Quartermaster

Department through the end of the war. Davis died in 1784, leaving his family to face numerous

debts incurred while he was quartermaster. Postlethwaite faired much better, rising to hold

several public offices in Cumberland County and to become a Pennsylvania State Senator. 1

John Agnew, a Carlisle merchant, served as a Provincial Justice of the Peace from 1770, retained

this position under the new Pennsylvania government and from 1777 served as Cumberland

County Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions. In addition, in October 1784 he was appointed

Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Postlethwaite followed Agnew in the position of Clerk of

the Cumberland County Court of Quarter Sessions and served as an executor of his estate when

he died in April 1790. The appearance of the Agnew documents in this collection may thus

reflect files kept by Postlethwaite for his duties as executor of Agnew’s estate.

Collection Description

The bulk of the Humer Collection consists of the daily paperwork of Carlisle’s Quartermaster

Department’s office to include requisitions, orders, receipts, accounting, reports (‘returns’), and a

limited amount of correspondence. As such, the collection adds detail to the existing body of

knowledge about how Washington’s Army was fed, clothed and moved and may provide insights

about the assignments of Continental Line and Pennsylvania militia personnel. The documents

also provide an extensive listing of men who served the Revolution by driving wagons and

leading packhorses.

Beyond the American Revolution era records, the Humer collection also includes numerous

pieces of personal correspondence and records associated with two prominent individuals from

18th century Cumberland County: Samuel Postlethwaite and John Agnew. Postlethwaite’s

personal papers include a list of rations supplied to his ‘Flying Camp’ company in August –

September 1776 in Woodbridge, New Jersey; correspondence he received during the 1790s,

when he was a Senator in the Pennsylvania Assembly; and a few letters from 1810, just a few

months before he died. Agnew’s personal papers date principally from the 1780’s—although

there is at least one from as early as 1747—and deal with financial and legal matters associated

with his work as a Justice of the Peace and in the Cumberland County court system.

1 For a detailed consideration of the life of Samuel Postlethwaite, see Christiansen, Carla.

“Samuel Postlethwaite: Trader, Patriot, Gentleman of Early Carlisle” Cumberland County

History, Volume Thirty One, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 2014.

Interspersed in the collection are a few unrelated 18th and 19th century documents. Notable

among these are:

-- A listing of roads in the Carlisle area dated December 9, 1789;

-- Materials related to Colonel Richard Butler. A copy of his certificate of membership in

the Society of the Cincinnati dated 1785; a copy of a sketch of Butler, and a photo

possibly of one of his descendants in Colorado;

--A copy of an "Iron Railroad, Canal, and Coal Map of Pennsylvania" prepared by P.S.

Sheafer, Pottsville 1867;

--A letter dated Feb 18, 1903 to R. H. Pratt, then head of the Carlisle Indian School, from

Edward L. Holder, Librarian at the US Military Academy at West Point requesting

information about the artillery corps at Carlisle;

--An Oath taken by Robert Jenney witnessed by Richard Peters dated January

1763. Outside says " Articles of Religion Subscribed by Rbrt {Robert} Jenney as

Commissary. {Note: Jenney was rector of Christ Church in Philadelphia but died

January 1762. Peters became Rector. The term “Commissary” in this context refers to a

position within the Anglican Church.} ;

--A German language “Haus Calendar” for 1801 to 1900.

One or another of the previous owners of the collection organized and sub-divided its documents

into categories entitled Miscellaneous Correspondence, Commissary Papers, Davis Papers,

Washingtonburg, Pre-Revolution, Revolutionary War, and Post-Revolution. The collector(s) also

prepared subject and name indexes for the Commissary, Davis, and Washingtonburg materials.

This organization has been maintained as detailed in the folder descriptions that follow.

While at least elements of the Humer collection have been cited in 20th century works on the

Revolution, this probably is the first time the materials have become available for study by the

general public.2 For related Pennsylvania quartermaster materials consult the Historical Society

of Pennsylvania (the Hamilton Collection), the Library of Congress (the Davis papers component

of the Peter Force Collection), and other collections at the Cumberland County Historical Society

(the Postlethwaite Papers).

2 At least two published works, cite documents from the Humer Collection: Lt. Col. Thomas G.

Tousey, M.C. United States Army. Military History of Carlisle and Carlisle Barracks

(Richmond, Virginia: the Dietz Press, 1939) and Salay, David L. “Marching to War: The

Production of Leather and Shoes in Revolutionary Pennsylvania.” Pennsylvania History, Vol.

No. 1, 1993.

Collection Inventory

MG-167-001-001.

“Miscellaneous Correspondence.” These four folders contain 182 documents dated 1775 – 1867.

Most are Quartermaster records from the period 1778 – 1782 detailing arrangement of

transportation and disbursement of provisions for Pennsylvania and Virginia regiments of the

Continental Line, the North Carolina Light Dragoons, and the Cumberland County Militia.

Folder 001a)

9 December 1789. Howell to Kennedy. Request for records of roads in Cumberland

County.

31 October 1785. Butler, Richard. Certificate of his membership in the Society of the

Cincinnati. (Copy annotated as "Compliments of John Cromwell Butler, Denver

Colorado 1902.)

1867. --"Iron Railroad, Canal, and Coal Map of Pennsylvania" prepared by P.S. Sheafer,

Pottsville. Copy.

20 January 1779. Henry, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel re delivery of hides and hogs

lard to Lancaster.

11 December 1780. Miller, Jno to Chapman, Jno. Receipt for hides.

31 May 1780. Alexander, {J?} to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for soap.

10 June 1780. Alexander, {J?}. Receipt for soap.

8 September 1778. An Account of the Sale of Horses belonging to the Continental fold

at public vendue at Carlisle.

17 April 1780. Lowrey, Jos and Cook, James to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for

tallow and hogs lard to deliver to Lancaster.

29 November 1779. Groves, Stephen and Wattson, David to Morry, Willliam. Receipt

for hides.

25 February 1779. Levy, Levy Andrew for Henry, William to Vaugh, John. Receipt for

hogs lard and hides.

24 November 1779. Rowan, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for hides to be

delivered to George Illick.

Folder 001a) continued

25 February 1779. Levy, Levy Andrew for Henry, William to Fleming, James. Receipt

for hogs lard and hides.

1779. Forbes, John. Settlement of taxes collected by him in Carlisle. Duplicate copy.

23 June - 20 July 1778. Davis, John. Itemized receipts for supplies and horses disbursed.

Includes 5 horses for Samuel Ashe, Captain North Carolina Light Dragoons issued on

orders from General McIntosh on 9 July 1778.

2 July 1778. Carothers, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for a wagon and team to

carry arms and ammunition to Colonel Samuel Lyons upon Tuscarora.

18 August 1778. Davis, John to Byers, John. Promissory note.

Undated. Lucky, Robert; Nelson, Nathan; and Scott, Alexander. List of wagon loads

with values and weights annotated.

Undated. Account of supplies and stores issued to wagoners.

Undated. Doctor Scull to Postlethwaite. Request for a horse.

Undated. Clinton, Charles. List of articles wanted at Fort Cumberland for the use of the

packhorses in service of the Western Department.

Folder 001b)

18 February 1903. Holden, Edward, Librarian at the US Military Academy West Point,

to Pratt, R.H. Request for information re school for artillery officers at

Carlisle. Note: Annotation on back forwards request to "Senator".

25 August 1780. Huston, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Request for supplies for

Cumberland County militia.

30 August 1771. Brown, Thomas to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Invoice of leather and hides

to transport to William Henry, Lancaster.

23 July 1780. Rippey, William to Davis, John re hides transported by James McCleland

and Ben Justice.

26 November 1779. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Illick, George. Invoice of hides delivered

to him by John Rowan.

3 September 1779. Etting, Solomon for Henry, William to Postlethwaite,

Samuel. Receipt for hides delivered by Thomas Brown.

Folder 001b) continued

21 November 1779. Henry, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel re hides and shoes

delivered by Nathaniel Gilespey {Gillespey?}.

30 April 1779. Mitchell, David to Smith, Thomas re need for supplies and bags to ship

flour to Western Garrisons from Skipton {Oldtown, Maryland}.

2 May 1779. Rippey, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel re competing requirements for

packhorses and reporting from the post of Shippensburg.

23 March 1780. Greer, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for tallow to deliver

to William Henry.

Undated. Account of supplies delivered by wagoners McNealy, George; Peoples,

Mathew; McKibbin, Jeremiah; Easton, George; and McClure, John.

1 May 1779. Davis, John. Return of Cash expenditures.

23 April 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Davidson, John. Account/payment for services

of his horse team December 1780 to March 1781.

16 or 18 May 1782. Davis, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re settlement of John

Davidson's account.

26 January 1782. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Hall, William. Account/payment for

measuring forage September 1780 to August 1781.

7 September 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel to McClintuck/McClintock,

James. Account/payment for making candles February 1781.

12 May 1782. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Holmes, John. Account/payment for rent of his

store house for forage December 1780 to January 1782.

22 October 1780 Postlethwaite, Samuel to Fullerton, Humphrey. Payment for wagon

transport of clothing from Philadelphia for Fort Pitt.

23 October 1781. Rose, John for Irvine, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for

packhorse and saddle.

22 December 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel. Account of stores (horses and a wagon) sold.

25 February 1782. Williamson, David to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt of stores for

delivery to Samuel Miles at Philadelphia.

27 January 1782. Postlethwaite, Samuel. Account of stores (horses) sold at vendue.


8 January 1782. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Scott, Alexander. Account/payment for

service of his horse team April to June 1781.

11 January 1782. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Freeland, Andrew. Account/payment for

service of his horse team October 1780 to May 1781.

16 May 1782. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Douglass, James. Account/payment for hire of

his horse team October to November 1780.

20 May 1782. Davis, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re settlement of account with

William and James Douglass.

20 May 1782. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Ferguson, Hance. Account/payment for hire of

his horse team October to November 1780.

28 May 1782. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Glen, John. Account/payment for storage of

clothing March to September 1781.

30 May 1782. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Caruthers/Carothers, Armstrong.

Account/payment for horse team hauling wheat and flour from Conococheague and York

County September to November 1780.

15 December 1780. Wylie, Thomas to Davis, John. Order for a wagon.

15 December 1780. Alexander, {J?}. Allotment of wood and candles.

28 December 1780. Douglass, Ephraim. Allotment of wood and candles for 9th

Pennsylvania Regiment.

11 December 1780. Blaine, Alexander. Allotment of wood and candles to him and a

scale man.

October 1780 - May 1782. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Davis, John. Account of

expenditures.

Folder 001c)

6 May 1780 {1781?}. Davis, John to Grier, {Colonel} re obtaining horses from his

district to transport baggage for William Butler.

29 May 1780. Davis, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re his request for Colonel Miles to

pay Captain Randolph.

Folder 001c) continued

4 February 1780. Davis, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re quartermaster department

financial woes, etc.

1 January 1780. Blaine, Alexander. Allotment of wood and candles.

3 January 1780. Irvine, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for dried tongues.

9 January {1781?}, Henry, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel re receipts for leather sent

to Lancaster and for shoes at Hagerstown.

1 February 1780 {1781?}. Blaine, Alexander. Allotment of wood and candles.

10 February 1781. McClure, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for hides.

18 February 1781. McClure, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for hides.

21 February 1781. Alexander, William. Allotment of wood and candles.

1-31 March 1781. Collier, Joseph. Allotment of wood.

26 March 1781. McDowell, Alexander. Allotment of wood and candles.

8 March 1781. Alexander, William. Allotment of wood.

28 March 1781. Buchanan, John. Account for hire of his brigade of 14 wagon teams in

public service January to March 1781.

30 April 1781. Collier, Joseph. Allotment of wood and candles.

23 April 1781. Brown, William. Account/payment for two sets of marque poles for

General Irvine and Colonel Butler.

26 April 1781. Lusk, William. Allotment of wood and candles.

28 April 1781. Sullivan, {P?} for Brooks, Jno at York to Bartel, George. Receipt for

delivery of beef from Philadelphia.

1 May 1781. Huston, William. Allotment of wood and candles.

8 May 1781. Blaine, Alexander to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for soap.

2 May 1781. Brooks, John to McEntire, Henry. Receipt at York for delivery of beef.

20 May 1781. Irvine, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for shoes.


27 May 1782. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Anderson, William. Hire of horse team hauling

stores to Fort Pitt, April to June 1781.

July 1780 {1781?}. Buchanan, Thomas to Postlethwaite, Samuel re wagons or

packhorses for class of {militia} battalion called to Bedford County.

15-17 November {?}. Miller, Jno. Receipt for hides.

3 December 1778. Rainey, William. Allotment of wood and candles to coopers.

1 January 1780. Blaine, Alexander. Allotment of wood and candles.

7 January 1780. Rippey, Samuel. Bill for leather delivered at Shippensburg.

26 January 178{0?}. Culbertson, Robert to Postlethwaite, Samuel re horse teams.

2 February 1780. Blaine, Alexander to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wagons.

7 February 1780. Davis, John to Officer, Alexander. Order for oats.

16 February 1780. Montgomery, {Captain ?} to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for

shoes.

23 February 1780. Alexander, {?}. Allotment of tongues for General Irvine.

20 {?}, 1780. McClure, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for hides.

1 {?} March 1780. Wylie, Thomas to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for a wagon.

10 March 1780. Irvine, William. Allotment of shoes to soldiers of his regiment.

21 March 1780. Carruthers {Carothers}, Andrew. Receipt for leather to be delivered to

William Henry, Lancaster.

23 March 1780. Bayard, Stephen. Allotment of a horse.

5 April 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Miller, Andrew. Account/payment for transport

of baggage for Captain Noah Abraham's company to Frankstown.

10 April 1780. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Alexander, John. Allotment of shoes for a

soldier of the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment.

10 April 1780. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Alexander, John. Allotment of shoes for

soldiers of the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment.


1 May 1780. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Boyer, Michael. Allotment of shoes for the

German Regiment based on his request from Frederick, 27 April 1780.

25 April 1780. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Alexander, Thomas (for Miller,

William). Allotment of wood.

1 April 1780. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Blaine, Alexander. Allotment of wood and

candles.

May 1780. Davis, John to Rainey, William. Allotment of wood to coopers.

May 1780. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Allen, Samuel (for McCoskry, Samuel). Allotment

of wood and stores for surgeon’s mate.

May 1780. McClintock (by order of Postlethwaite, Samuel) to Blackwood,

Samuel. Allotment of wood to Captain Craig's men.

20 May 1780. Miller, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for shoes for a soldier

of the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment.

May 1780. Postlethwaite, Samuel. Return for wood for persons employed in the

Quartermaster General's Department at Carlisle.

4 June 1780. Steel, Archibald to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Request for shoeing a horse

being used in the public service.

19 June 1780. Holmes, William to McClure, Jno. Receipt for corn.

No date. Miller, Robert to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Request to obtain ‘oyl’ {oil} from

William Henry's works in exchange for leather.

No date. Sarjant, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel re obtaining wood for lime kiln.

24 July 1780. Trindle, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for supplies for

Pennsylvania Volunteers to march to the Frontier.

Folder 001d)

23 August 1780. Rippey, Samuel to Brady, Joseph. Receipt for hides.

14 September 1780. Parker, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for hides to deliver

to William Henry.

Folder 001d) continued

14 October 1780. Laird, Alexander to Rippey, William. Receipt for wagon equipment to

deliver to Carlisle.

16 October 1780. Davis, John to Stevens, James and Caruthers/Carothers,

Armstrong. Order to deliver stores to Philadelphia and authorization for receipt of forage

and rations.

7 October 1785. McCollum, Hugh. Payment for wagon hire in August 1780.

31 October 1779. Return of Public Stores at the Post of Shippensburg.

26 November 1779. Rowan, David and John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for hides

to deliver to George Illick, “tanner near Grubs Forge.”

12-13 November 1779. Miller, Jno. Receipt for hides for delivery of tanned leather.

29 November 1779. Cotters{?}, George to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for hides to

deliver to Shippensburg.

30 November 1779. Miller, Jno. Receipt for hides.

30 November 1779. Return of Public Stores at Shippensburg.

8 December 1779. Wylie, Thomas to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Request for wagon gear.

No date. Gibson, James to Sarjeant {Sarjant}, Samuel re need for wagons for building a

mill.

20 November 1779. Levy, Levy Andrew to Postlethwaite, Samuel re hides for George

Ailich {Illick}.

November 1779. Coulter, Thomas. Abstract of cash paid as Forage Master in Oldtown.

No Date. Rowney, James. Memorandum of stores "sent to Camp." Also, reverse has list

of stores on hand signed by John Davis.

6 September 1779. Rowney, James. Return of the "Continental Horses" under his care.

3 September 1779. Levy, Levy Andrew to Postlethwaite, Samuel re poor condition of

leather delivered to Lancaster.

5 July 1779. {Glas?}, Josiah to Davis, John. Receipt for a horse to deliver to Thomas

Smith in Bedford.


7 August 1779. Fisher, James and Blaine, William to Davis, John. Two receipts for

horses to deliver to the Militia at Sunbury.

10 August {no year}. Freehold {?}, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt {?} for

horses.

14 August 1779. Hiltzheimer {?}, Jacob to Davis, John. Receipt for a wagon.

23 August 1779. Irvine, William to Davis, John. Receipt for a horse. Signed at New

Windsor.

24 August 1779. Rippey, William to Rippey, Samuel. Receipt for leather.

8 August 1779. Rainey, William to Davis, John. Order for a wagon.

12 August 1779. Levy, Levy Andrew (for Henry, William) to Postlethwaite,

Samuel. Receipt for leather.

2 July 1779. Hanna, Archabald {Archibald} to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Request for

equipment.

1 January 1779. Heckler, Jacob to Rippey, William. Receipt for stores.

5 February 1779. Holmes, William to Simons, {?}. Receipt for forage.

26 February 1779. Holmes, William to McDowell, John. Receipt for rye straw.

24 May 1779. Glen, John to Dunbar, John. Receipt for boards.

3 April 1779. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Irvine, William. Allotment of knapsacks and

hand cuffs.

12 April 1779. Neville, Presley {Virginia} to Davis, John. Receipt for a horse, pack

saddle, and bag.

12 April 1779. Blaine, Alexander to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wagons.

27 April 1779. Carothers, Jno to Davis, John. Order for horses and equipment for militia

going to Hannah's Town.

29 April 1779. Scull, Joseph (for Postlethwaite, Samuel) to Douglass, George. Receipt

for cloth.


29 April 1779. Scull, Joseph (for Postlethwaite, Samuel) to Douglass, George. Receipt

for a horse.

6 May 1779. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Irvine, William. Shoes issued for a soldier of the

7th Pennsylvania Regiment.

15 May 1779. Stewart, Andrew to Davis, John. Receipt for tents to deliver to Colonel

Cox at Estherton.

16 May {no year}. Rippey, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for cash.

8 June 1779. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Douglass, George. Receipt for cloth.

9 June 1779. Rowney, James. Invoice of horses sent to {Nathaniel Greene at} “Camp.”

12 June 1779. Gibson, Jno. Order for wagons to deliver supplies to Benjamin Biggs of

9th Virginia Regiment and Heth, {Henry} of a Virginia independent company at Fort

Pitt.

10 June 1779. Rippey, William. Return of Public Stores at the Post of Shippensburg.

23 June 1779. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Douglass, George. Receipt for cloth.

28 June 1779. Wilson, Robert. Return of Quartermaster Stores at Skipton {Oldtown,

Maryland}.

29 November 1778. Ramsey, James to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wagons.

No Date. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for wood and candles for the men

attending the public stables.

3 December 1778. Davis, John to Russel/{Russell}, Alexander. Allotment of wood.

17 December 1778. Davis, John to Swem, Jacob. Allotment of wood for rendering of

tallow.

3 December 1778. Davis, John to Russel/{Russell}, Alexander. Allotment of wood for a

recruiting party of the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment.

10 December 1778. Swem, Jacob to Davis, John. Order for {horse} teams to go to

Colonel Watson's Tan Yard 6 miles above Chambers Town.

14 December 1778. Davis, John to Blaine, Alexander. Allotment of wood and candles.


21 December 1778. Henry, William. Order for hides.

3 November 1778. Anderson, William. His account for a trip of his {wagon} brigade to

Fort Pitt. Certified by Holmes, William.

30 October 1778. Simonds/Simons, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for wood

to deliver on his order.

September-October 1778. Davis, John. Return of Forage purchases.

17 December 1778. Swem, Jacob to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wagons to carry

hides to Chambers Town {Chambersburg} and York.

19 September 1778 and 8 April 1780. Two receipts on the same paper. Rushworm,

William to Davis, John for a horse for the use of Captain Ashe's Troop by order of

General {McIntosh?}. Irvine, William for a riding horse.

7 October 1778. Ramsey, James to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for {horse} team to

haul leather to Peachbottom Ferry on the Susquehanna.

Folder 001e)

18 August 1778. Davis, John to Smith, Jno. Shingle nails issued to raise a Continental

Stable at Shippensburg. Delivery by Alexander Laird.

11 August 1778. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Brady, Hugh re obtaining packhorses and

drivers to transport provisions to the Frontier.

7 July 1778. Holloway, John {at Manheim} to Postlethwaite, Samuel re shipment of

molasses.

27 August 1778. Davis, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for cash.

January 1775. Cumberland County to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Account detailing his

expenses for maintenance of/supplies for the prison at Carlisle.

26 October 1776. Shields, John to President of Council of Safety. Certification of pay

due to David Duncan for service in the Westmoreland County militia.

23 April 1778. Kelley, Abraham to Davis, John. Receipt for packhorses. {At

Conodoguinet}

24 April 1778. Rippey, William to Davis, John. Receipt for cash to purchase wagons

and team.

Folder 001e) continued

24 April 1778. Boyle, James to Davis, John. Receipt for packhorses to deliver to John

Jack.

No Date. Gibson, James to Wagon Master Barker. Order for wagon.

9 May 1778. Davis, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re payment to John Carson for a

horse.

2 January 1781. Thompson, William to Davis, John. Request for payment on his

account to Charles Cooper for riding gear.

16 and 22 June 1778. Davis, John. List of four receipts for horses and equipment signed

by William Wilson; Hugh McClaran; James Potter (from Virginia); and John Gibson.

26 April 1778 - 10 January 1779. Rippey, William. Return of Public Stores at the Post

of Shippensburg.

MG-167-001-002.

“Commissary Papers.” Nearly all of these 58 documents annotated C1-58 by the collector deal

with transport of commissary supplies, e.g. food, nails, flour, cattle, corn, hides, lard, leather,

salt, shoes, tallow, train oil, wheat, whiskey, and wool. Most documents are from the period 1779

– 1780 and most bear the signature of Charles McClure, Assistant Commissary of Purchases.

The collector’ s index lists several personnel of the Commissary and Quartermaster Departments;

7th Pennsylvania Regiment, Cumberland County Militia 2nd Battalion, and 13th Virginia

Regiment.

Folder 002)

C-1. 22 March 1779. McClure, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wagons.

C-2. 10 April 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons.





C-7. 29 April 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to deliver beef

and pork to Hanna's Town.

C-8. 30 April 1779. McClure, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel re cask nails for

wagoners.

C-9. 30 April 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to deliver flour

to Kelso's Ferry.

C-10. 31 May 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for packhorses and gear.

C-11. 13 May 1779. McClure, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for a horse for

an express rider to Martinsburg, Virginia.

C-12. 9 June 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for horses for deliveries to

Sunbury, Oldtown, and Bedford.

C-13. 12 June 1779. McClure, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for a horse to go

to Lancaster for cask nails.

C-14. 14 June 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons for deliveries

to William Beatty's, Tawneytown, and Kelso's Ferry.

Folder 002) continued

C-15. 20 June 1779. McClure, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Cash borrowed on

authority of James Smith.

C-16. 23 June 1779. McClure, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for Wagons to

go to Kelso's Ferry.

C-17. 1 July 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to carry whisky

to the 'River.'

C-18. 7 July 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to carry flour

from several mills to Kelso's Ferry.

C-19. 12 July 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to deliver flour

to Sunbury.

C-20. 12 July 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to deliver flour

to Kelso's Ferry.

C-21. 14 July 1779. McClure, Charles, to Davis, John. Order for horses to deliver beef

and flour to Sunbury.

C-22. 26 July 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for packhorses for

deliveries to Fort Pitt and Sunbury.

C-23. 18 August 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for packhorses for a

delivery to Standing Stone {Huntingdon}.

C-24. 10 September 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons.

C-25. No date. Account for hides. Listed of "outstanding debts."

C-26. 1 October 1781. Holmes, John (for Sarjant, Samuel) to McClure,

Charles. Receipt for leather.

C-27. 30 September 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to go to

Fort Frederick.

C-28. 22 September 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for an express

{rider} to go to Philadelphia.

C-29. 30 September 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for a horse "at any

time" for cooper William Rainy.


C-30. 3 November 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to go to

Baltimore for salt.

C-31. 10 November 1779. Henry, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel re prices for leather

purchases and directions regarding other animal products.

C-32. 7 January {1780}. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for boards to

construct a shed.

C-33. 18 January 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to carry

hay.

C-34. 21 January 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for express {riders} to

go to Philadelphia and Conococheague.

C-35. 21 January 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to carry

wheat.

C-36. 24 January 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for packhorses.

C-37. 14 February 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for express {rider} to

go to William Brown's {Juniata}.

C-38. 14 February 1780. McClure, Charles to Brown, William re submission of

commissary accounts during transition between {Jeremiah} Wadsworth and Ephraim

Blaine as Commissary General.

C-39. 14 March 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to load

Indian corn.

C-40. 7 April 1780. McClure, Charles to Rainy, William. Order for flour casks.

C-41. 10 April 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to carry beef

and flour to Kelso's Ferry.

C-42. 10 April 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to carry flour.

C-43. 21 April 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to haul wheat.

C-44. April 1780. McClure, Charles and McKnight, David. Allotment of wood to a

Clerk in the Commissary Office.

C-45. May 1780. McClure, Charles and McKnight, David. Allotment of wood to a

Clerk in the Commissary Office.


C-46. 18 May 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for an express {rider} to

go to Marsh Creek.

C-47. 10 May 1780. McClure, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order to continue

using {for storage?} the cellars of John Montgomery.

C-48. 20 May 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to carry beef

and pork to Kelso's Ferry.

C-49. 30 May 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to carry flour

and corn.

C-50. 31 May 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to take beef

and pork from Kelso's Ferry to Sunbury.

C-51. 6 June 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to load beef,

pork and whisky.

C-52. 7 June 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to load flour for

"Camp."

C-53. 13 June 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to carry flour

to "Camp" and beef to Kelso's Ferry.

C-54. 15 June 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for a horse to collect

cattle.

C-55. 20 June 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for an express {rider} to

go to John Reed's above the Big Spring.

C-56. 24 June 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to load flour.

C-57. 4 July 1780. McClure, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for a horse for

{Jacob} Swem.

C-58. 21 April 1780. McClure, Charles to Buchanan, {?}. Order for wagons to load

wheat, malt, etc.

MG-167-001-003a-d.

“Davis Papers.” These four folders contain 237 documents with a typewritten index prepared by

the collector for each folder. The correspondence, orders, and requisitions, which date from

1776 to 1783, include the names of numerous wagoners who worked for the Quartermaster

Office’s Western Department and the designations of the military units being supplied, including

Militia from Cumberland County and several line elements from Pennsylvania, Maryland,

Virginia, and North Carolina.

Folder 003a)

D-1. {2?} August -11 Sep 1776. Postlethwaite, Samuel. Account of provisions for his

Company Issued at Woodbridge, New Jersey.

D-2. 6 February 1777. Duncan, David, Pittsburgh to Elliott, William, Path Valley re

whiskey purchase.

D-3. 27 April 1777. Miller, George, servant to Doctor McCoskry, Certification of his

enlistment.

D-4. 8 November 1777. Irvine, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel re rations.

D-5. 18 January 1778. Rippey, William, Shippensburg to Postlethwaite, Samuel re

supplies.

D-6. January 1778. List of Provisions and Stores at Carlisle.

D-7. 13 June 1778. Gibson, John. Request for paper.

D-8. July 1778. Davis, John to Boyd, John. Account.

D-9. 12 July 1778. McIntosh, Lachan to Davis, John. Order for supplies.

D-10. 29 July 1778. Peters, Richard, War Office, to Steel, Archibald re supplies of the

Western Department for "Incursion into Indian Country". Copy.

D-11. 3 August 1778. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Steel, Archibald re forage at Oldtown

and Fort Cumberland.

D-12. 12 August 1778. Cox, John to Davis, John re wagon impressment.

D-13. 9 October/or September 1778 - Peters, Richard and Roberdeau, Daniel to Davis,

John re order for packhorses for lead mines.

D-14. 11 September 1778. Morgan, George to Davis, John re supplies for Fort Pitt.


D-15. 16 September 1778. Ashe, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel re horse for North

Carolina Light Dragoons.

D-16. 24 September 1778. Rippey, William to Davis, John re horses for troops at Fort

Roberdeau.

D-17. 28 September 1778. Roberdeau, Daniel to Davis, John re transport of supplies to

lead works.

D-18. 28 September 1778. Cox, John. Order to transport officers baggage.

D-19. 30 September 1778. Davis, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re order for wagons.

D-20. 3 October 1778. Sworn statement by McCoskry, Samuel re enlistment of his

servant Miller, George.

D-21. 5 October 1778. Blaine, Ephraim to Rainey/Rainy, William. Order for barrels.

D-22. 6 October 1778. Davis, John to Chambers, Arthur re wagons. Copy.

D-23. 9 October 1778. Davis, John. Receipt for nail iron.

D-24. 29 October 1778. Calhoon, James to Davis, John re delivery of forage.

D-25. 30 October 1778. Woodford, William. Order for a horse.

D-26. 15 November 1778. Topham, Daniel to Davis, John. Order for horses.

D-27. 1 December 1778. Swem, Jacob to Davis, John. Request for wood and candles

allotment.

D-28. 7 December 1778. Swem, Jacob to Davis, John. Order for hides and wagon.

D-29. 12 December 1778. Henry, William to Davis, John. Order for hides.

D-30. 16 December 1778. Davis, John to Brown, Alexander. Account for sale of apple

brandy.

D-31. 21 December 1778. Henry, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for hides.

D-32. December 1778. Wood and candles issued to Carlisle quartermaster office

personnel for the month.


D-33. 22 January 1779. Davis, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re nails. Includes

annotations re dollar disbursements.

D-34. 26 January 1779. Irvine, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for shoes for

8th Pennsylvania Regiment.

D-35. 27 January 1779. Irvine, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for shoes.

D-36. 23 February 1779. Smith, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re shipment of grain.

D-37. 23 February 1779. Invoice of forage sent to Carlisle.

D-38. 1 March 1779. Account of Cash (Loan Certificates) sent from Carlisle to

Philadelphia.

D-39. 1 March 1779. Return of Quartermaster Stores at York, Carlisle, and Fort

Cumberland.

D-40. 2 March 1779. Hall, John to Davis, John re payment of expenses for James

Graham, wagon master.

D-41. 6 March 1779. Brown, Benjamin to Davis, John. Transmittal of order from

Greene, Nathaniel. {Cover letter only.}

D-42. 19 March 1779. Brodhead, Daniel to Davis, John re need for salt for troops.

D-43. 23 March 1779. Mitchell, Jno to Davis, John re dispatch of stores to Fort Pitt.

D-44. 17 (or 27) March 1779. Clinton, Charles to Davis, John re returns from Fort

Cumberland and lack of funds.

D-45. April 1779 - March 1780. Butler, William. Accounting of cord wood received

from Postlethwaite, Samuel.

D-46. 1 April 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for wood.

D-47. 2 April 1779. Cox, John (writing from Bloomsbury near Trenton) to Davis, John

re packhorses needed for transporting provisions from Carlisle to Fort Pitt. Amount

needed reduced from "1,000" to "700".

D-48. 7 April 1779. Peters, Richard (by order of Board of War) to Treyhock, Henry,

Hagerstown, Maryland or Davis, John, Carlisle. Order for transport of cannon from

Hughes' Works to New Windsor for Commanding Officer at West Point.


D-49. 6 April 1779. Canady, Thomas. Receipt for tar.

D-50. 7 April 1779. Mitchell, John to Davis, John. Order for stores for Fort Pitt.

D-51. 13 April 1779. Gibson, James to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for a wagon.

D-52. 15 April 1779. Irvine, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for shoes.

D-53. 15 April 1779. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Anderson, William, Wagon

master. Order to proceed with 10 teams to Fort Pitt.

D-54. 16 April 1779. Mitchell, John to Davis, John. Order for delivery of supplies to

Fort Frederick for Colonel Rawling's Regiment.

D-55. 17 April 1779. Cook, William to Davis, John. Request for tools for armorers at

Northumberland and Wyoming.

D-56. 18 April 1779. Carbery, Henry to Davis, John. Receipt for horses.

D-57. 19 April 1779. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Kenedy, (W??). Order to proceed with

12 wagon teams to Fort Pitt.

D-58. 24 April 1779. Hand, Edward to Davis, John. Order for delivery of horses in the

care of William Huston of Conococheague.

D-59. 23 April 1779. Dundas, Jno (for Patton, Robert) to Davis, John. Transmittal of bar

iron for forwarding to Fort Pitt.

D-60. 17 or 27 April 1779. McClure, Charles, to Davis, John. Order for wagons.

D-61. 27 April 1779. Carbery, Henry. Request for camp kettles.

Folder 003b)

D-62. 29 April 1779. Gibson, Jno to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for a horse.

D-63. 1 May 1779. Davis, John to Grier, John re purchase of horses and

equipment. Copy.

D-64. 2 May 1779. Mitchell, Jno to Davis, John re sending supplies to Estherton and

approved prices for hire of wagon teams.

D-65. 31 May 1779. Wilson, Robert to Davis, John re Wilson’s appointment as a

quartermaster at Skipton {Oldtown, Maryland}.


D-66. 4 May 1779. O'Hara, James to Postlethwaite, Samuel re delivery of hospital stores

to Pittsburgh.

D-67. 13 May 1779. Rippey, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel re wagon deliveries to

New Windsor and the North River.

D-68. 17 May 1779. Redick, David to Postlethwaite, Samuel re forwarding of stores

through Kelso's Ferry.

D-69. 30 May 1779. Carbery, Henry to Davis, John re horses and situation at Buffaloe

{Buffalo} Valley.

D-70. 12 June 1779. Invoice of Stores at Carlisle to be loaded on 14 June.

D-71. 28 June 1779. Carson, John to Davis, John. Order for wagon team.

D-72. 2 July 1779. Berryhill, Alexander to Postlethwaite, Samuel re letters to be

forwarded, etc.

D-73. 4 July 1779. Davis, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re horse for Richard Dunlap.

D-74. 6 July 1779. Wilson, Robert to Davis, John re forwarding supplies to Fort Pitt.

D-75. 6 July 1779. Wilson, Robert to Postlethwaite, Samuel re “Carolina Affair.”

D-76. 7 July 1779. Steel, Archibald to Davis, John. Order for wagons to deliver stores

to Fort Pitt.

D-77. 14 July 1779. Hand, Edward to Postlethwaite, Samuel re horses.

D-78. 16 July 1779. Davis, John to Greene, Nathaniel re delay of his returns because of

the death of Davis’s brother.

D-79. 1779. Account of Stores Forwarded to Fort Pitt (from Carlisle).

D-80. 23 July 1780. Rippey, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel re transport of leather.

D-81. 23 July 1779. Pickering, Timothy to Davis, John. Order to submit quartermaster

accounts against General Roberdeau.

D-82. 26 July 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel re use of horse and cart at

Washingtonburg works.


D-83. 28 July 1779. Invoice of stores delivered to Fort Pitt from Philadelphia through

Carlisle.

D-84. 28 July 1779. Doughery {Dougherty?}, Robert and More {Moore?},

William. Packhorse driver contracts.

D-85. 31 July 1779. Maclay, William to Williamson and Rowan re threats to wagons

going to Sunbury.

D-86. December 1778 - August 1779. Rippey, Samuel and Ramsay, James. Accounting

re exchange of stores for leather delivered to William Henry.

D-87. 3 August 1779. Davis, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re instructions for

deliveries.

D-88. 6 August 1779. Anderson, William. Invoice of stores delivered to Fort Pitt by his

wagon teams.

D-89. 7 August 1779. Stewart, George to Postlethwaite, Samuel re receipt for

ammunition and attacks near Standing Stone.

D-90. 8 August 1779. Smith, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel forwarding copy of forage

purchases at post of Shippensburg.

D-91. 9 August 1779. Biggs, Thomas to Davis, John. Order for wagons.

D-92. 10 August 1779. Davis, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re quartermaster accounts

and news from Philadelphia.


quartermaster office.

D-94. 18 August 1779. Davis, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re quartermaster accounts

and news from Philadelphia.

D-94XX. 15 September 1779. Linsey, John to Long, William. Receipt for a cutting box.

D-94XX. 3 August 1779. Stephens, James to Kennedy, David. Receipt for grain to be

delivered to John Davis.

D-95. August 1779. Return of quartermaster stores at Carlisle.

D-96. 19 August 1779. Brown, William to Davis, John. Order for horse shoes and nails

for militia horses at Standing Stone.




D-98 and D98a. 8 September 1779. Anderson, William. Invoice of stores delivered by

his wagon teams to Pittsburgh.

D-99. 11 September 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for horses and drivers

to deliver ordnance wagons to Philadelphia.

D-100. 25 September 1779. Carson, John to Davis, John. Order for packhorses.

D-101. 7 October 1780. Henry, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for hides.

D-102. 18 October 1779. Steel, Archibald to Davis, John re problems with delivery of

tents to Fort Pitt.

D-103. 20 October 1779. Return of Quartermaster stores at Carlisle, York, and

Shippensburg.

D-104. 8 November 1779. Piper, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re delivery of

gunpowder and flints to Bedford County.

D-105. 9 November 1779. McClure, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel re rations for

wagon driver delivering forage from York.

D-106. 15 November 1779. Davison, Jno to Postlethwaite, Samuel re delivers of grain

from Tawneytown.

D-107. 15 November 1779. Steel, Archibald to Davis, John. Order for linen.

D-108. 18 November 1779. Henry, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel re hides for tanner

George {Illich?}. Includes inquiry about Postlethwaite’s family.

D-109. 23 November 1779. Rowney, James to Swem, {Jacob}. Receipt for tallow.

D-110. 24 November 1779. Postlethwaite, Samuel to McCabe, James. Order for his

wagon teams.

D-111. 27 November 1779. Carson, John to Davis, John. Order for packhorse

equipment.

D-112. 27 November 1779. Ramsey, James to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for wood

and candles.


D-113. 30 November 1779. Resolve of the Continental Congress and Board of War

requiring returns from the Quartermaster Department (and other departments). Copy.

D-114. 4 December 1779. Henry, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel re hides and tallow.

D-115. 6 December 1779. Return of Hides Sent to Lancaster County from Carlisle.

D-116. 10 December 1779. Greene, Nathaniel to Davis, John re submission of

quartermaster returns to camp at Morris Town. Circular copy.

D-117. 11 December 1779. Alison, Robert to Davis, John re forwarding a letter to

Colonel Steele.

D-118. 14 December 1779. Hehl, Mathew L. for Henry, William to Postlethwaite,

Samuel. Receipt for hides.

D-119. 25 December 1779. Smith, William to Davis, John re wintering of horses west of

the Susquehanna River.

D-120. January 1780. Miller, William. Order for wood and candles.

D-121. 31 January 1780. Smith, James to Davis, John re sending flour to Sunbury.

D-122. 3 February 1780. Rippey, William to Davis, John re horses for delivery of flour.

D-123. 14 February 1780. Berryhill, Alexander to Postlethwaite, Samuel re obtaining a

Lone {Loan} Office Certificate for Elizabeth Carson.

D-124. 25 February 1780. Smith, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re filling out certificates

and obtaining forage for wagoners.

Folder 003c)

D-125. April 1778-January 1780. Holmes, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Account

of cash received.

D-126. 3 March 1780. Irvine, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wood.

D-127. 13 April 1780. Huston, William for Butler, Richard to Davis, John. Order for

shoes.

D-128. 29 February 1780. McClure, Charles. Accounting for horse teams.


D-129. 1 March 1780. Return of Stores on hand in the Western Department: Carlisle,

Shippensburg, and York.

D-130. 1 March 1780. Hand, Edward, to Postlethwaite, Samuel re payment for horse put

to the public service.

D-131. 6 March 1780. Huston, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wood and

candles.

D-132. 8? March 1780. Glen, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Request for a wagon

team.

D-133. 17 March 1780. Irvine, William. Order for Candles. Receipt signed by William

Wilkinson.

D-134. 20 March 1780. Davis, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Instructions for


D-135. 20 March 1780. Irvine, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for

shoes. Receipt signed by Thomas Croskey {McCoskry?}.

D-136. 29 March 1780. Hehl, Nathaniel L. for Henry, William to Postlethwaite,

Samuel. Receipt for hides and tallow.

D-137. 30 March 1780. Irvine, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for

shoes. Receipt signed by Jeremiah Banness.

D-138. March 1780. Return of wood and candles for Persons employed in the

Quartermaster Department office at Carlisle.

D-139. 7 April 1780. Henry, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel re transport of hides and

tallow to Lancaster.

D-140. 12 April 1780. Faussett, Charles. Copy of Order for him to obtain returns of all

public horses in Pennsylvania. Order by Nathaniel Greene and Clement Biddle.

D-141. 18 April 1780. Dougherty, {Robert?} to Postlethwaite, Samuel re pasturing of

public horses.

D-142. 18 April 1780. Davis, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re instructions for

quartermaster assistants. Includes commentary on the arrival in Philadelphia of " The

Sloop Active” and its cargo.

D-143. 15 April 1780. Hehl, N. L. to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for hides.


D-144. 16 April 1780. Berryhill, Alexander to Postlethwaite, Samuel re supplies at

Estherton.

D-145. 18 April 1780. Rippey, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel re sending provisions.

D-146. 29 June 1780. Irwin, Archibald to Postlethwaite, Samuel re lack of forage at

Conococheague.

D-147. Undated. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Request for wagons.

D-148. August 1780-July 1781. McCurdy, John. His account for shoeing horses.

D-149. 3 July 1781. McClure, Charles. Certification of use of John Steel’s cellar as a

cooper shop and store house.

D-150. 12 July 1780. Redick, David to Postlethwaite, Samuel re transport of provisions

at Kelso's Ferry.

D-151. 23 July 1780. Rippey, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel re wagons.

D-152. 25 July 1780. Rippey, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel re horses and need of

cash.

D-153. August 1780-January 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel. Abstract of Accounts

against the Commissary General of Forage for which Certificates were given.

D-154. 4 August 1780. Mitchell, John to Davis, John re wagon teams to transport

clothing to Fort Pitt.

D-155. 14 August 1780. Redick, David to Postlethwaite, Samuel re wagons and

obtaining certificates to pay for forage.

D-156. 1 September 1780. Account of Quartermaster Stores on hand.

D-157. 16 September 1780. Henry, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for 'sole

leather.'

D-158. 16 October 1780. Heap, John to Steven, James. Receipt for rye.

D-159. 30 November 1780. Order from "Congress" re storekeepers working for

Commissary General. Copy.

D-160. December 1780. Holmes, John and Swem, Jacob. Rent of a storehouse.


D-161. 30 November 1780. Holmes, John and William. Rent of a storehouse.

D-162. 30 May 1782. Thompson, Alexander. Payment for service of his horse team in

December 1780.

D-163. 27 May 1782. Gibson, Robert. Payment for wood and wagon hire, January-

April 1781.

D-164. 18 May 1782. Dunbar, John. Payment for hire of his horse teams January to

April 1781.

D-165. 30 May 1782. Grear, Thomas. Payment for wood delivered in January 1781.

D-166. 9 January 1781. Hehl, N. L. for Henry, William to Postlethwaite,

Samuel. Receipt for hides.

D-167. 17 January 1781. Buchanan, John. Orders to take wagon teams to Philadelphia

and to issue forage for trip.

D-168. 24 April 1782. McCart, William. Payment for hauling, January-April 1781.

D-169. 23 January 1781. Brodhead, Daniel to Postlethwaite, Samuel re mutiny in

Pennsylvania Line and request for rum for Fort Pitt.

D-170. 25 May 1782. Gregg, John. Payment for wood and horse team hire, February-

March 1781.

D-171. 3 April 1781. Nicholson, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Request for wood for

auditors.

D-172. 16 April 1781. Calhoun, Andrew. Payment for coffins for soldiers of the 4th


D-173. 27 April 1781. Calhoun, Andrew. Payment for coffin for soldier of 4th


D-174. 7 May 1780 {or 1781?}. Craig, J. to Davis, John. Return of articles wanted to

forward artillery stores to Pittsburgh.

D-175. 3 January 1782. Boreling, Thomas. Payment for gunpowder and delivery, April

1781.

D-176. 1 September 1780-1 March 1781. Account of wood and candles received at the

post of Carlisle.


D-177-D-200. 1 March-1 June 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel. Hand sewn packet of

receipts for stores issued. Recipients include Thomas Smith, John Pratt, William Irvine,

Thomas Grant, William and Richard Butler, Jeremiah McKibbin/McKibben, Jno Trindle,

John Cummins, Thomas Buchanan, John Gibson, and James Abeel.

D-201. 1 December 1780. Duncan, David to McKibben, Jeremiah. Receipt for tar.

Folder 003d)

D-202. 31 March 1781. Ralston, Andrew to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for a mare.

D-203. 28 April 1781. Wales/Weals/Walls, Henry. Account for wagon hire.

D-204. 2 March-15 May 1781. Cooper, Charles. Account for saddlery work.

D-205. 1 March to 1 June 1781. Account of Quartermaster stores issued at Carlisle by

Samuel Postlethwaite.

D-206. 10 May 1782. Buchanan, Thomas to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for stores

issued 28 July 1781.

D-207. August 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Butler, William and Irvine,

William. Provisions issued to them.

D-208. 20 August 1781. Butler, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for {writing}

paper for a General Court Martial.

D-209. 11 August 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Irvine, William. Knapsacks issued to

him.

D-210. Undated. Fragment with address to the Deputy Quartermaster General Acting at

Carlisle.

D-211. 9 August 1781. Davis, John to Smith, Alexander. Continental horse, saddle and

bridle issued to him as requested by W. Smallwood, Quartermaster at Annapolis.

D-212. 9 August 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Irvine, William. Horse issued to him.

D-213. 20 July 1781. Hughes, Jno. Horse shoes issued to him.

D-214. 6 July 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Tharp, Daniel. Axe issued by order of

William Lewis of 10th Virginia Regiment.


D-215. 6 July 1781. Hughes, Jno. Horse shoes issued to him.

D-216. 6 July 1781. Tharp, Daniel. Horse issued.

D-217. 5 July 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel to McDowell, Jno. Horse shoes issued.

D-218. 3 July 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel to McCullam, John. Horse shoes issued.

D-219. September 1781. Cahill/Cachall, John. Account for making candles and soap.

D-220. 7 September 1781. Brodhead, Daniel to Postlethwaite, Samuel re provisions for

Fort Pitt.

D-221. 1 June-1 September 1781. Return of Quarter Master Stores at Carlisle.

D-222. 18 September 1781. Pratt, John (from York) to Postlethwaite, Samuel re

accounting for wagons issued and views on deployment to Virginia.

D-223. 8 March 1781-22 October 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel. Account of

quartermaster expenditures.

D-224. 30 November 1781. Williamson, David; Gregg, Mathew; and Gibson, Robert to

Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for wagon transport to Fort Pitt.

D-225. December 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel. Return of Stores Issued in the

Quartermaster General Department at Carlisle, 6th Quarter. Includes several items sold at

Vendue as ordered by John Davis.

D-226. December 1781. Heap, John. Rent of his house for storage of forage.

D-227. {Item missing}

D-228. 9 March 1782. {Quartermaster} Stores Sold at Vendue.

D-229. 30 May 1782. McKeehen, Alexander. Account. Payment for hire of his team in

April 1781.

D-230. 30 May 1782. McGonegle/McGonnegle, George. Account. Miscellaneous

items.

D-321. March 1781 - May 1782. Postlethwaite, Samuel. Account of Quartermaster

Office expenditures.

D-232. 24 October 1782. Chapman, John. Account. Purchases March - August 1781.


D-233. 1 September 1780-1 April 1782. Davis, John. Abstract of Cash advanced on

public account.

D-234. 15 January 1783. Pollock, John. Nine months rent of his storehouse for forage.

D-235. 5 May 1783. Henry, John J. to Postlethwaite, Samuel re an apprenticeship in

Lancaster for his son {not named}.

D-236. April 1778-1 May 1779. Account of forage issued. Fragment.

D-237. May 1783. Huston, William. Abstract of Provisions for a Detachment of Troops

at Carlisle.

MG-167-001-004a-c.

“Washingtonburg.” These three folders contain 230 numbered documents with an index for each

folder. Most of the documents, which date from 1778 to 1782, are requisitions and receipts

associated with the Quartermaster General office’s provision of transportation (wagons and

horses), rations (of wood and candles), and other supplies for personnel and forge operations at

the Washingtonburg public works. These folders also contain the material mentioned above

related to Colonel Richard Butler and a German language “Haus Calendar” for 1801 – 1900.

Folder 004a)

W-1. 25 April 1778. Coren, Isaac to Davis, John. Order for a horse.

W-2. 24 June 1778. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for a horse.

W-3. 22 July 1778. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John. Order for horses for artillery and

ammunition going to Fort Pitt.

W-4. 22 November 1779. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons.

W-5. 1 December 1778. McCoskry, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for wood.

W-6. 1 December 1778. Holmes, William to Davis, John. Order for wood and candles.

W-7. 1 December 1778. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for wood and candles.

W-8. 1 December 1778. McCoskry, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for wood and

candles.

W-9. 14 December 1778. Godfrey, William E. to Davis, John. Order for candles.

W-10. 10 December 1778. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wood.

W-11. 16 December 1778. Biggs, Thomas to Davis, John. Order for wood.

W-12. 18 December 1778. Godfrey, William to Davis, John. Order for wood.

W-13. 20 December 1778. Wylie, Thomas to Davis, John. Order for wood.

W-14. 20 December 1778. Godfrey, William E. to Davis, John. Order for Wood.

W-15. 28 December 1778. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for straw.

W-16. 29 December 1778. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wood.

W-17. 29 December 1778. Godfrey, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wood.


W-18. 29 December 1778. Godfrey, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for

candles.

W-19. 12 January 1779. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wood.

W-20. 13 January 1779. Miley, John. Order for wood.

W-21. 8 March 1779. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John. Order for a horse.

W-22. 12 March 1779. Gibson, James to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wagons.

W-23. 26 March 1779. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John re reimbursement to John Glen

for hire of horse teams.

W-24. 1 April 1779. Holmes, William to Davis, John. Receipt for forage.

W-25. 7 April 1779. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John. Canteen issued.

W-26. 16 April 1779. Glen, John to Davis, John. Request for wagons.

W-27. 19 April 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for a wagon.

W-28. 5 June 1779. Irish, Nathaniel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wagons.

W-29. 7 June 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for wagon.

W-30. 8 June 1779. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagon

team to transport wife of William Godfrey to Philadelphia.

W-31. 9 June 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for wagon to carry arms to

Alexandria.

W-32. 10 June 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John re order for wagon to replace one

broken down on road to Alexandria.

W-33. 11 June 1779. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John. Order for horses.

W-34. 12 June 1779. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John. Order for horse for John

Armitage.

W-35. 14 June 1779. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagon teams.

W-36. 23 June 1779. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John. Order for a horse.


W-37. 24 June 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for a wagon.

W-38. 29 June 1779. Wylie, Thomas to Davis, John. Order for a horse.

W-39. 2 July 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for a wagon.

W-40. 3 July 1779. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John. Order for a horse.


W-42. 3 July 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for wagons.

W-43. 6 July 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for a horse.


W-45. Undated. Sarjant, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wagons.





W-50. 21 July 1779. Carrell, Thomas to Davis, John. Order for writing paper for the

hospital.

W-51. 22 July 1779. Scull, Nicholas to Scull, Joseph. Order for writing paper for the

hospital.




W-55. 29 July 1779. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John. Order for a baggage wagon for

James Glen.

W-56. 30 July 1779. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John. Canteen issued to Robert Young

of Colonel Morgan's Regiment.


W-57. 2 August 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for wagons.

W-58. 2 August 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for horses and forage.

W-59. 2 August 1779. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John. Order for horse for Lt. Norris to

bring deserters from Col Flowers regiment back from Baltimore.


W-61. 9 August 1779. Lukens, Charles, to Davis, John. Order for a horse.

W-62. 20 August 1779. Sarjant, Samuel, to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wagons.


W-64. 25 August 1779. Peters, Richard to Davis, John. Order for a wagon for Hugh's

Works.

W-65. 31 August 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for a wagon.

W-66. 20 September 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for

wagons.

W-67. 24 September 1779. Lukens, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for horse

for Andrew Harriot.

W-68. 29 September 1779. Lukens, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for horse

team.

W-69. 4 October 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for a horse.

Folder 004b)

W-70. 4 October 1779. Lukens, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for horse to

obtain flour for a 'starving' family.

W-71. 22 October 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for wagons to move gun

carriages and cannon balls to headquarters.

W-72. 30 October 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for forage and rations

for a driver transporting military stores from Philadelphia. Also for wagons.

W-73. 6 November 1779. Lukens, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for a horse.


W-74. 6 November 1779. Lukens, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for a horse.

W-75. 10 November 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for a horse.

W-76. 27 November 1779. Lukens, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Request to keep

his horse for him.

W-77. 2 December 1779. Lukens, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for beef

tongues.

W-78. 3 December 1779. Lukens, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for a horse

to go express to Philadelphia.

W-79. 8 December 1779. Lukens, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for a horse.

W-80. 12 October 1779. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for wagons.

W-81. 22 December 1779. McClure, Charles to Brown. Order for wagons.

W-82. January 1780. McClure, Charles. Allotment of wood and candles.

W-83. 1 January 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Allotment of wood and candles

for Benjamin Flowers Department.

W-84. January 1780. Rainey, William. Allotment of Wood and Candles.

W-85. January 1780. Lukens, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for wood for

the guards.

W-86. 4 January 1780. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of

wood for the hospital.

W-87. 4 January 1780. Rainey, William. Allotment of candles for the coopers to work

at night.

W-88. January 1780. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of wood

and candles for a surgeon's mate.


candles for the hospital.

W-91. 14 January 1780. Lukens, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of wood

for commandant's office.


W-92. 15 January 1780. McCoskry, Samuel. Allotment of wood for the hospital.





W-95. 20 January 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for wagons to bring iron

from Grubb's works.

W-96. 7 February 1780. Irish, Nathaniel to Davis, John. Order for a horse to go to

Philadelphia.

W-97. 2 February 1780. Holmes, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wagons to

go to South Mountain for coal.

W-98. 11 February 1780. Wylie, Thomas to Postlethwaite, Samuel re transporting straw

for William Espy.

W-99. 17 February 1780. Wylie, Thomas to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wagons

to bring coal from South Mountain.

W-100. 18 February 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for wagons to bring

coal from South Mountain.

W-101. 21 February 1780. Holmes, Jno to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order by Samuel

Sarjant for wagon to go to Grind Stone Quarry at South Mountain.

W-102. 24 February 1780. Holmes, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of tallow

and candles for the grinding mill.

W-103. {Not located.}

W-104. March 1780. McCoskry, Samuel. Allotment of wood and candles for surgeons

mate.

W-105. March 1780. Rainey, William to Davis, John. Allotment of wood and candles

for coopers.

W-106. 1 March 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Allotment of wood and candles

for Colonel Flowers regiment.


W-107. {?} March 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of wood

and candles to armourer.

W-108. 1 March 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of wood

and candles for himself.

W-109. 3 March 1780. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of

wood and candles for hospital.

W-110. 8 March 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for wagons to go to

Philadelphia.

W-111. 10 March 1780. McCoskry, Samuel. Allotment of wood and candles for the

hospital.

W-112. 15 March 1780. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagons to take

baggage of Captain Coren's Company to Philadelphia.

W-113. 15 March 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for an additional wagon

for Philadelphia.

W-114. 15 March 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for wagon to haul logs

at South Mountain.

W-115. 21 March 1780. Holmes, John by order of Sarjant, Samuel to Postlethwaite,

Samuel. Order for tallow for grinding mill.

W-116. 25 March 1780. Holmes, John by order of Sarjant, Samuel. Order for wood for

the wheelwrights.

W-117. 27 March 1780. Rainey, William to Davis, John. Order for wagons to haul

straw and timber.

W-118. 29 March 1780. Holmes, John by order of McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite,

Samuel. Order for wagons to go to Grubb’s Furnace for iron and a horse to go to

Philadelphia.

W-119. 30 March 1780. Lukens, Charles, to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of wood

for his office.

W-120. April 1780. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of wood

for surgeons mate.


W-121. 4 April 1780. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of wood

for hospital.

W-122. 4 April 1780. Greer, Henry to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Request for one dozen

pounds of “cracklings”.

W-123. 7 April 1780. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of wood

and candles for the hospital.

W-124. 10 April 1780. Lukens, Charles to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for team of

horses to take family of John Terrel to the country.

W-125. 12 April 1780. McCoskry, Samuel to McClintock, Mr. Allotment of straw for

hospital.

W-126. 12 April 1780. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of


W-127. 17 April 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of wood

for the public works.

W-128. 22 April 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Wood issued for lime kiln.

W-129. 1 May 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Allotment of wood for Colonel

Flower's department.

W-130. 1 May 1780. Craig, {J. or I.?} (Captain Artillery) to Postlethwaite,

Samuel. Allotment of wood for his detachment.

W-131. 6 May 1780. Holmes, Jno to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Tallow issued for the saw

mill.

W-132. 8 May 1780. Hodgdon, Samuel to Davis, John re providing transport for

transfer of cannon and stores from Fort Roberdeau and Huntingdon to Carlisle. True

Copy with annotations to Davis by Samuel Sarjant.

W-133. 4 May 1780. Craig, {J. or I.?} Captain Artillery to Davis, John. Allotment of

wood for his detachment.

W-134. 10 May 1780. Hall, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Request for tallow for the

armory.

W-135. 17 May 1780. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of



W-136. 11 May 1780. Biggs, T. by order of Sarjant, Samuel to McClintuck,

James. Allotment of wood for Captain Craig's Company.

W-137. 5 April 1780. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Rowan, David. Order to transport stores

to Halifax, North Carolina and on return take on a load at Fredericksburg, Virginia. Also

attached is a receipt signed by James McDougall, 12 May 1780 for 57 boxes (857 stand

of arms) delivered to Colonel Nicholas Long, DQMG (Deputy Quarter Master General,

Southern Department) at Halifax.

W-138. 20 May 1782. Buchanan, John. Account for service of a four horse team to haul

wood to the public works from 1 November 1780 to 15 January 1781. Payment by

certificate on 20 May 1782.

W-139. 13 May 1780. Craig, J. (or I.) to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of wood for

his detachment.

W-140. 16 May 1780. Gibson, James to Sarjeant {Sarjant}, Samuel re ordering wagons

with stone and lime for the masons at Trent Gap and a {horse} team to haul logs for the

Boring Mill.

W-141. May 1780. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John re delay in providing wagon and

horses to move stores from Fort Roberdeau and the Standing Stone to Carlisle.

W-142. May 1780. Lukens, Charles to Davis, John re obtaining boats and other

transportation for the move of military stores from Fort Roberdeau and the Standing

Stone to Carlisle.

W-143. 19 May 1780. Patterson, Ezra to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for camp stools.

W-144. 20 May 1780. Lloyd, James. Allotment of wood for Captain Craig's Company.

W-145. 26 May 1780. Jordan, Jno to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of wood and

candles to the guards of forty four men at the prison at Carlisle.

W-146. 2 June 1780. Jardon/Jordan, Jno to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of wood

and candles to Cumberland County militia employed as guards at the prison at Carlisle.

W-147. Biggs, Thomas by order of Sarjant, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Tallow

issued to the Public Works.

W-148. 13 June 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for horse teams

to haul logs to Callender’s Mill.


W-149. 23 June 1780. McClure, Charles to Davis, John. Order for wagon to transport

flour.

W-150. Undated list of names of men associated with “difficient” loads of rum and wine.

Folder 004c)

1802. German Language Almanac. "Haus Calender...von 1801 bis 1900..." Reutlingen:

Fischer und Lorenz.

{1896 or 1903?} {Butler, John. C.} to Konkle, Burton A. Esq. at the Hotel Wellington,

Carlisle. Envelope containing a photo signed J. C. Butler, 1896; a photograph of an

engraving of Richard Butler with his signature; a copy signed by J.S. Butler, 1903 of an

order for wood and candles for two officers of the 3d Pennsylvania Regiment dated

February 1781 signed by P. {Percival} Butler and George McCully.

W-152. 7 August 1780. Biggs, Thomas. for Sarjant, Samuel to Postlethwait,

Samuel. Tallow issued to the Public Boring Mill at South Mountain. Receipt signed by

John Galaway.

W-152. 10 August 1780. Holmes, Jno for Sarjant, Samuel to Postlethwaite,

Samuel. Order for tallow for the Public Works.

W-153. 12 October 1780. Greer, William and Clark, George. Carriage of stores to

Philadelphia as certified by Thomas Biggs. Payment receipted by Greer, 22 December

1780.

W-154. 2 November 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for wagons to draw

wood from South Mountain.

W-155. 6 November 1780. Sarjant, Samuel. Order for wagons to go to South Mountain

for wood.

W-156. 24 November 1780. Wylie, Thomas to Davis, John. Order for wagons to haul

coal from South Mountain.

W-157. 28 November 1780. Wylie, Thomas to Davis, John. Order for a wagon to carry

corn from Yellow Breeches.

W-158. 30 November 1780. Wylie, Thomas to Davis, John. Order for a wagon.

W-159. December 1780. McCoskry, Samuel A. to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for

wood and candles.


W-160. December 1780. Rainey, William. Allotment of wood and candles to the

Master Cooper.

W-161. 1 December 1780. Thompson, William. Allotment of wood and candles.

W-162. 1 December 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for wood and candles

for Colonel Flowers Department. Receipted by Jno McClintuck.

W-163. 4 December 1780. Wylie, Thomas to Davis, John re obtaining wagons to haul

wood from South Mountain.

W-164. 4 December 1780. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of

candles for the hospital. Receipted by Samuel Allen.

W-165. 8 December 1780. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of


W-166. 8 December 1780. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Order for a wagon for

Sergeant Scranton.

W-167. 1 January 1781. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Allotment of wood for the

paymaster of the Regiment of Artificers.

W-168. 1 January 1781. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Allotment of Wood for the

Commissary {Mg?} Stores Office.

W-169. 1 January 1781. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Allotment of wood for the

shops.

W-170. 1 January 1781. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Allotment of wood and

candles for the family of Nathaniel Irish during his absence.

W-171. 1 January 1781. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Allotment of wood and

candles to Colonel Flowers department.

W-172. {No document found with this number.}

W-173. 1 January 1781. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wood

and candles.

W-174. 8 January 1781. Holmes, John for Sarjant, Samuel to Hodgdon,

Samuel. Receipt for stores.








W-178. 30 January 1781. Wylie, Thomas. Allotment of wood for deserters confined in

the Carlisle jail.

W-179. 1 February 1781. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Allotment of wood for the

shops.

W-180. February 1781. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of

wood and candles.

W-181. February 1781. Pratt, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for wood and

candles for the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment.

W-182. 1 February 1781. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Allotment of wood and

candles for the regiment of Artificers.

W-183. 7 February 1781. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Rye straw

issued for the hospital.

W-184. 19 February 1781. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of


W-185. 19 February 1781. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Tallow issued

for the hospital.

W-185 {Second use of this number.} 24 February 1781. Gregg, John. Accounting for

horses and forage for the troop at the Public Works 3 to 11 November 1780. Payment 24

February 1781.

W-186. March 1781. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of wood

and candles.

W-187. 1 March 1781. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Allotment of wood for the

workshops.


W-188. 1 March 1781. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Allotment of wood and candles

for Colonel Flowers Department.

W-189. 1 March 1781. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Allotment of wood for the

wheelwrights.



W-191. 7 March 1781. Holmes, John for Sarjant, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel.

Tallow issued for the leather factory.

W-192. 17 March 1781. Campbell, Thomas to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wood

for deserters from the Army of the United States.



W-194. 22 March 1781. Rowan, John and {Lemmon?}, James. Wagon hire for delivery

of bar iron sent from Philadelphia.

W-195. 23 March 1781. Simon, Joseph to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Request for delivery

of peltry from John Gibson the trader and delivery of a letter to Colonel Butler.

W-196. 29 March 1781. Brown, Thomas. Accounting for hire of his wagons for the

Public Works 16 September 1780-20 March 1781. Receipt to Samuel Postlethwaite for

payment 29 March 1781.

W-197. 26 March 1781. Moore, Patrick. Payment for certified delivery of bar iron to

Philadelphia.

W-198. 30 March 1781. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Issue of candles for the guard

house.

W-199. 31 March 1781. Irvine, William. Allotment of candles.

W-200. 31 March 1781. Stiner {Stoner?}, Jacob. Use of his wagons at the Boring and

Saw Mill at the Mountain certified by James Gibson.

W-201. 1-24 April 1781. Power, Alexander. Use of his horse team at the Boring and

Saw Mill at the Mountain as certified by James Gibson.


W-202. 1 April 1781. Sarjant, Samuel to Davis, John. Allotment of wood for the work

shops.

W-203. 5 April 1781. McClure, Charles. Order for a wagon to go for forage for public

horses.

W-204. 7 April 1781. Irvine, {Mathew?} to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Request for collars.



W-206. 10 April 1781. Miles, Samuel to Davis, John re payment for clothing for Fourth

{Pennsylvania?} Regiment.

W-207. 18 April 1781. Grayson, William to Davis, John re order from Board {of War}

to procure wagons to transport military stores under the direction of Captain {Isaac}

Craig of the Artillery from Carlisle to Fort Pitt. Copy.



W-209. 26 April 1781. Davis, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re orders to procure horse

teams to transport stores to Fort Pitt under the direction of Captain Craig.

W-210. 28 April 1781. Sullivan, P. for Brooks, Jno to Wales {Walls, Weals?},

Henry. Receipt for beef brought from Philadelphia.

W-211. 30 April 1781. Pratt, John for Butler to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for

wood and candles for the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment.

W-212. 1 May 1781. Davis, John to McClintuck, James. Allotment of wood to

Regiment of Artillery and Artificers.

W-213. 30 May 1781. Davis, John to Power, Alexander and McClintuck, James. Straw

issued.

W-214. 1 June 1781. Pratt, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for wood for 4th


W-215. 9 May 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Allen, Samuel. Allotment of wood for

the hospital. (Item faded)

W-216. 1 July 1781. Davis, John to McClintuck, James. Allotment of wood to the

Regiment of Artillery and Artificers.


W-217. 1 July 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel to McClintuck, James. Allotment of candles

for the guard.

W-218. 1 July 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel to McClintuck, James. Allotment of candles

for the guard.

W-219. 16 July 1781. VanCourt, John to Davis, John re wagon of Henry Wales

{Walls?} left with 2nd Detached Battalion at Camp James Town.

W-220. 1 August 1781. Davis, John to McClintuck, James. Allotment of wood to

Department of Military Stores and Regiment of Artillery and Artificers.

W-221. 2 August 1781. Bowen, Thomas Bartholomew. Certification of service by

Henry Walls {Wales?} (wagon and team) with Pennsylvania troops detached to Virginia.

W-222. 1 August 1781. Davis, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re loan of sugar.

W-223. 2 September 1781. Hughes, Jno. Horse shoes issued.

W-224. 3 September 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Wylie, Thomas re order for wagons

for transport to Philadelphia. See W-227.

W-225. 3 September 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Butler, William and Morrison,

Jno. Knapsacks and camp kettles issued.

W-226. 3 September 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Wilkinson, William and Irvine,

William. Axes issued.

W-227. 3 October 1781. Wylie, Thomas to Postlethwaite, Samuel re wagons to go to

Philadelphia. See W-224.

W-228. 20 February 1782. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Stewart, A. and Butler,

William. Camp kettles and axes issued.

W-229. 28 April 1782. Rowan, David. Account for service of his team hauling wood

from South Mountain.

W-230. 30 May 1782. Easton, George. Account for service of his team hauling coal and

wood.

{Unnumbered}. Fragment of ledger for 1780 with several names partially legible.

MG-167-001-005a-f.

These folders marked “Pre-Revolution, Revolutionary War, or Post-Revolution” by the collector

include many documents associated with the Quartermaster Office that could have been included

in the folders cited above. They also contain miscellaneous documents associated with John

Agnew and Samuel Postlethwaite.

Folder 005a)

19 August 1771. Campbell, George to Agnew, John re rent from Greenwood and

Stedman's Land in Hamilton Township.

16 January 1771. Maclay, William to Agnew, John re trying to take into custody a

Graham who owed him money.

18 November 1768. Graham, Walter to Maclay, William. Promissory note.

5 January 1771. Graham, Walter to Maclay, William. Promissory note.

23 July 1771. Maclay, William to Agnew, John re debt.

9 January 1771. Maclay, William to Agnew, John re debt and a deed.

4 March 1772. Maclay, William to Agnew, John re debt.

1762—1774. Neave, Samuel to Agnew, John. Account.

1763 – 1765. Agnew, John to Steel, James. Account.

1772. Johnston, Samuel. Account re Cumberland County January Term case Number 1

between Bennezet and Breading.

June 1760. Dehause, Captain to Agnew, John. Account.

2 August 1770. Francis, Turbutt. Receipt for payment.

11 January 1755. Stirling, John to Henry, John. Receipt for payment. Witnessed by

William Todd.

15 August 1767. Agnew, John to Whiteside, Ralph. Receipt for payment to his

account. Witnessed by Thomas Patten.

15 August 1767. Davis, Colonel to Welsh/Welch, Arasmus. Account.

23 March 1765. Agnew, John to Fuller, Benjamin. Receipt for payment witnessed by

William West.


12 December 1767. Agnew, John to Baird, William. Receipt for payment.

5 February 1755. Agnew, John to Henry, John. Receipt for payment signed by Charles

McCollum.

12 April 1765. Agnew, John. Receipt signed by Usher Mitchell.

5 October 1764. Agnew, John on account of Fuller, Benjamin and Pollock, John. Signed

by Francis West.

15 April 1765. Agnew, John to Jackson & Co. Purchase receipt.

11 September 1772. Irwin, Thomas. Payment to estate of Andrew Lendrum. Signed by

Lendrum and Robert Birney.

March 1752. Poorman, Stephen. Draught survey for his land in Donnegal Township,

Lancaster County.

20 November 1771. Francis, Turbett to Agnew, John re licenses and court business.

October 1790. Rule intended to be entered in Cumberland County Court October Session

in case of Pennsylvania vs. McGoughy, Kirns et al.

April 1771. Wells, Richard. His instructions in case before Cumberland County Court

April 1771 session of Wells vs. James Piper.

15 August 1770. Ball, Thomond to Agnew, John re a tobacco spinner.

24 August 1769. Newman, Andrew to Kester, Peter. Indenture.

Undated. McGuffin, Jno. Statement to John Agnew re case of Joseph Givin v. John

McGoffog. John Duncan involved.

22 November 1770. Francis, Turbutt to Agnew, John re court business.

26 July 1771. Francis, Turbutt to Agnew, John re court business.

20 April 1772. Holliday, Thomas to Agnew, John re court charges.

24 June 1771. Francis, Turbutt to Agnew, John re court fees due.

14 August 1766. Linley, John to Agnew, John re purchase of fruit.


15 May 1781. Reed, Joseph to Agnew, John re suit against Major Talbert and county

taxes.

20 February 1772. Francis, Turbutt to Agnew, John re debt collection.

11 August 1770. Agnew, Patrick to Agnew, John re personnel recommendation.

9 October 1771. Francis, Turbutt to Agnew, John re court business.

17 August 1771. Francis, Turbutt to Agnew, John re accounts.

8 January 1771. Francis, Turbutt to Agnew, John re court business.

30 November 1772. Francis, Turbutt to Agnew, John re court business.

27 August 1770. Francis, Turbutt to Agnew, John re visit to Carlisle.

22 March 1771. Hamis, Reuben to Agnew, John re mortgage payment.

23 November 1770. Francis, Turbutt to Agnew, John re tavern licenses.

5 March 1772. Ball, Thomond to Agnew, John re debts by John Cochal/Cahill.

7 March 1772. Francis, Turbutt to Agnew, John re payment of license fees.

9 September 1772. Patterson, W. to Agnew, John re land.

5 January 1770. Magill, Charles Junior to Agnew, John re a bond.

17 January 1771. Francis, Turbutt to Agnew, John re wild turkeys.

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Undated. Handwritten notes "On the freedom & Right of Elections extracted from the

constitution of & Laws of Pennsylvania, and the Constitution and Laws of the United

States". Notes addressed to Mr. Edward Wertz.

9 March 1780. Bayard, S. Order for supplies for 8th Pennsylvania Regiment.

9 March 1780. Stevenson, George. Order for wood and candle rations.

Undated. Ashe, Samuel. Order for supplies.

Undated. Davis, John re Spain's recognition of American independence.


5 April 1779. Ross, George Junior. Receipt for letters from General Washington for

Joseph Reed and John Davis.

11 December 1780. Atkinson, George. Payment for services.

26 April 1781. Herron, Jno and Andrews, Jno. Account for carriage of stores.

15 December 1781. Elder, James. Account for packhorse hire.

March - May 1782. Postlethwaite, Samuel. Expenditures.

March - May 1781. Fragment re expenditures.

11 September 1780. Elder, James. Payment for carriage service for company commanded

by Noah Abraham.

16 May 1782. Douglass, William. Payment for wagon hire.

4 May 1782. Duncan, Stephen. Payment for wood and wagon hire.

7 May 1781. Furey, John. Payment for wood and wagon hire.

26 December 1781. Davison, John. Payment for delivery of stores for 8th Pennsylvania

Regiment.

24 March 1781. Gast, George. Payment for wood.

12 Jun 1781. Wells, Henery/Henry. Appraisement of his wagon and horses by 4th


6 May 1782. Gregg, Mathew. Payment for wood and wagon hire.

26 February 1781. Grier, Jno. Payment for horse.

5 April 1781. Gordon, Thomas. Payment for wood and wagon hire.

18 June 1783. Kennedy, Thomas. Payment for wood.

17 May 1782. Holmes, John. Payment for kegs.

15 May 1782. Laird, Samuel. Payment for wood and wagon hire.

30 May 1782. Lightcap, Solomon. Payment for rye straw.


22 March 1781. Lucky, Robert. Payment for wagon hire.

19 April 1781. Farron, John and Andrew, John. Payments for wagon hire.

27 December 1780. McClosky, Thomas. Payment for packing stores.

16 August 1783. McMaster, Jno. Payment for issuing forage and store house rent.

7 September 1781. McClintuck, James. Wages as corder and issuer of wood.

8 May 1782. McNelly, John. Payment for wagon hire.

9 May 1782. McKeehen, Alexander. Rent for cellar for commissary stores.

November 1780. McFarlane, William. Payment for wagon hire.

12 May 1782. Miller, Robert. Payment for wagon hire.

30 May 1782. McKinly, Henry. Payment for wood and delivery.

2 April 1781. Mathis/Matthis, John. Wages for attending public horses.

28 February 1781. Work, William. Payment for horse hire for collecting beef cattle.

30 May 1782. McClure, Charles. Payment for wood.

23 April 1782. McClure, John. Payment for wood and wagon hire.

7 February 1781. Montgomery, John. Payment for rent of cellar for commissary

department.

9 May 1782. Montgomery, John. Payment for rent of storehouse.

26 April 1782. McCart, William. Certificate of service with his wagon in the

Pennsylvania Brigade.

23 April 1782. McClure, James. Certificate of Continental service with wagon and team.

10 March 1782. Mentieth, James for McCart, William. Certificate re delivery of tool for

Pennsylvania Line.

8 March 1781. Peter Ottenberger. Payment for wood and delivery. Order and separate

receipt.


6 May 1782. Thompson, Alexander. Payment for attending public horses.

3 January 1781. Thompson, John. Payment for kegs for packing salt.

30 May 1782. Thompson, John. Payment for kegs.

22 February 1781. Woods, James. Payment for hauling wood.

15 May 1782. Wright, John. Payment for wagon hire.

6 January 1782. Patterson, Robert. Payment for service as 'horstler'.

16 May 1782. Wilson, James A. Payment for wood and delivery.

24 May 1782. Weaver, William. Payment for cord wood.

18 May 1782. Parker, John. Payment for wagon hire.

26 March 1781. Rainey, William. Payment for wagon hire.

13th April 1781. Fosler, Casper. Payment for keeping public horses.

2 April 1781. Parker, Alexander. Payment for wagon hire.

Undated. Heap, J. Cellar rent.

16 May 1782. Patten, John. Payment for wagon hire.

15 May 1782. Parker, Alexander, Junior. Payment for wagon hire.

39 May 1782. Steel, John. Payment for wood and rent of his house.

30 March 1781. Steel, Ephraime. Accounting for writing materials.

2 November 1804. Election results. East Pennsborough and Allen Townships.

Undated. Numbered list of payments to wagoners.

30 November 1779. Henry, William to Rippey, Samuel. Receipt for delivery of leather.

Undated. Rippey, Samuel. Payment for hides.

3 February 1782. Shryock, Henry to Postlethwaite, Samuel re delivery of shoes.


23 January 1769. Certified copy of extract from Continuance Docket. Foley, James v.

Blaine, Ephraim, Case No. 117, January Term 1769. Signed by John Agnew and Thomas

Donnellan.

21 August 1780. Kennedy, Thomas. Payment for setting kettles to render tallow.

April 1780. Butler, Richard. Order for wood.

Undated. Postlethwaite, Samuel. Quartermaster office expenditures.

26 April 1780. Uncompleted form for return re care of public horses.

30 May 1782. Boyd, Simon. Accounting for smith work.

15 November 1780 - 27 November 1781. Smith, John. Account with Quartermaster.

11 January 1782. Barker, William. Accounting for hire of 16 wagon teams.

31 August 1779. Wilson, Robert. His expenditures as Assistant Deputy Quartermaster

General at Skipton {Oldtown, Maryland}.

2 March - 1 May 1779. Return of Forage Issued at Shippensburg.

August 1779. Return of Cash Expenditures at Shippensburg.

10 March - 1 September 1779. Rippey, William. Cash Expenditures at Shippensburg.

28 January 1789. Case notes for United States v. Hatton, James for the use of Samuel

McCoskry. Notation from Worsley Emes to John Agnew.

24 March 1780. Gibson, Jno. Order for wood.

15 April 1780. Gibson, Jno. Order for wood.

15 March 1780. Gibson, G. Order for wood and hay.

1 April 1780. Work, William. Order for wood and candles signed by Alexander Blaine.

1747 - 1763. {Agnew, John?} Small ledger with travel expenditures and accounts.

20 February 1775. Denny, William. Promissory note to Jno Wilkins.

April 1780. Thompson, William. Order for wood and candles rations.

17 January 1787. Davidson, Robert. Receipt for payment from John Agnew.

1758? - 1762. McIntyre, Andrew; McNickel, Frances. Accounting.

29 March 1780. Butler, R. Order for candles.

11 April - 29 June 1781. McKibben, Jeremiah. Accounting for his wagon brigade.

10 October 1780 - 4 April 1781. McKibben, Jeremiah. Payroll for his wagon brigade.

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29 November 1779. Carson, Jno to Davis, John. Order for packhorses.

23 December 1779. Alexander, A. to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wood.

6 January 1779. Sweney, J. Order to shoe a mare.

12 February 1781. Reed, Samuel. Order for wood and candles.

April 1780. Rainey, William. Order to Davis, John for wood.

23 December 1778. Rowan, David. Order for wood and candles for wagon brigade.

1 December 1778. Rowan, David. Order for wood and candles for wagon brigade.

12 March {1781?}. Smith. Order for wood.

January 1780. Rowan, David. Order for wood and candles for wagon brigade.

April 1780. Rainey, William. Order for wood.

January 1781. Rainey, William. Order for wood.

10 March 1780. Reid, Samuel. Order for wood.

March 1780. Peebles, Robert. Order for wood and candles.

20 April 1780. Chambers, James to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt. (Fragment)

3 January 1780. Swem, Jacob to Makinly/McKinly, Henry. Receipt for wood.

January 1780. Swem, Jacob. Receipt for wood.


April 1780. Postlethwaite, Samuel. Return of wood and candles ration for persons

employed in the Quartermaster Department at Carlisle.

6 May 1780. Kennedy, J (or T.). Order for wood for soldiers of 7th Pennsylvania

Regiment.

21 December 1780. Irvine, William. Order for shoes.

17 March 1780. Irvine, William. Order for shoes.

21 December 1778. Ramsey, James. Order for wood.

Undated fragment. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Thompson, A. Order to deliver lard.

Undated. Accounting of 50 pounds of “cracklins.”

March 1779. Irvine, William. Order for a canteen.

6 July 1778. Irvine, Matt {or Natt}. Order for a continental mare.

1 January 1780. Blaine, Alexander to Davis, John. Order for wood and candles.

1 May 1780. Blaine, Alexander to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wood and candles.

9 January 1778. Morgan, A. Order for forage.

4 March 1780. McDowell, Jno. Order for Wood.

May (Undated). Miller, William. Order for wood and candles.

27 May 1780. Miller, William. Order for wood.

6 March 1780. Kennedy, S. Order for wood.

8 April {1780?}. Lukens, Charles. Order for wood.

26 December 1778. Lukens, Charles. Order for wood and candles.

April 1780. Lloyd, James. Order for candles.

1780. Lukens, Charles. Order for wood. (Fragment)

30 April 1780. Lloyd, James. Order for wood.


5 April 1780. Huston, W. Order for wood and candles.

December 1780. Huston, W. Order for wood and candles.

Undated. Holmes, Jno. Order for wood. (fragment)

20 April {?}. Huston, Wm. Order for candles.

1 March 1781. Huston, William. Order for wood and candles for 6th Pennsylvania

Regiment.

29 January 1780. Huston, William. Order for wood and candles for the 11th


1 May 1780. Huston, William. Order for wood and candles.

December 1778. Collier, Joseph. Order for wood and candles for the 1st Pennsylvania

Regiment.

1 January 1780. Daugherty {Dougherty?}, Michael. Order for wood for wagon brigade.

1 April 1780. Alexander, {Jno?}. Order of wood and candles for 7th Pennsylvania

Regiment.

April 1780. Brown, Thomas. Order of wood for wagon brigade.

January 1780. Alexander, {?}. Order for wood and candles.

April 1780. Alexander, {?}. Order for wood and candles.

15 June {1781?}. Alexander, {?} to McClintock/McClintuck, {Samuel?}. Receipt for

soap.

25 May 1780. {Tod?}, George to Rowan, David. Payment for bacon for wagon brigade.

Undated fragment. Hoge, David to Lyon, William. Deed poll for house and lot in

Carlisle.

Undated. Jenney, Robert and Peters, Richard. Copy of articles of religion subscribed in

January 1763.

8 October 1778. Boyd, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for cash for brigade.

Undated fragment. Frances, Turbett and Agnew, John.


24 September 1778. Bryson, James to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt of dollars to be

delivered to Thomas Smith.

25 July {?}. Johnston, James. Fragment of receipt for cash.

17 December 1778. Dugall, Hugh. Payment for driving a team.

2 July 1779. Brady, Ebenezer. Order of equipment for {packhorse} brigade.

31 October 1778. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Hankerson, Samuel. Account for work on

house.

19 February 1779. Young, James to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for payment to

William Donnald.

22 June 1780. McIver, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt of payment for forage.

Undated. Sharp, William for McDowell. Order for brigade supplies.

16 November 1783. Means, Hugh to Agnew, John. Order to pay Doctor James Lyon.

Reverse has 5 March 1784 receipt to John Agnew from John Armstrong.

6 October 1778. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Miller, Phillip. Purchase of window glass

from Stophel and Michal Miller.

13 March 1780. Huston, W. Order for wood and candles.

26 December 1780. Chapman, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for wood for

rendering tallow.

March 1780. Huston, W. Order for wood and candles.

January 1780. Return of wood and candle rations for Quartermaster Office at Carlisle.

20 October 1779. Boreman, John to Davis, John. Order to shoe horses.

1-28 February 1781. Collier, Joseph to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wood and

candles.

{21?} June 1779. Alison, Robert to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order to shoe horses going

to Virginia.

Undated. Davidson, William to Postlethwaite. Order for saddle bags and forage for

horses.


24 March 1781. McKibben, Jeremiah. Wagon Brigade account.

June - July 1779. Fragment of unidentified account for wood and wagon hire.

21 December 1778. Archer, Rebecka to Davis, John for Thompson, William. Receipt

for wood and candles.

9 December 1778. Swem, Jacob to Davis, John. Order for wood for rendering tallow.

March 1780. Rowan, David. Allotment of wood and candles for wagon brigade.

19 {July?} 1759. Daugherty, Neill; Blair, Thomas; and Guthrie, Robert. Fragment.

18 December 1778. Holmes, William to Davis, John. Payment due to Ralph Nailor.

1 January 1780. Wiatt. Order for wood and candles.

1 January 1780. Wiatt, 8th Pennsylvania Regiment. Order for wood and candles.

December 1778. Williamson, Samuel. Allotment of wood and candles to wagon

brigade.

11 December 1778. Rainey/Rainy, William to Davis, John. Order for wood for use as

kiln drying staves.

28 February 1780. Glen, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wagons to haul grain.

4 January 1780. Rainey/Rainy, William to Davis, John. Allotment of wood for

Continental Coopers.

4 January 1781. Ralston, Andrew. Payment for riding express.

8 August 1781. Trindle, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for equipment for the

militia.

28 September 1779. Smith, James to Davis, John for Captain {Royne?} Order for

wagons.

19 August 1779. Smith, James to Davis, John. Order for wagons.

12 January 1779. Bayard, of 8th Pennsylvania Regiment. Certification of John

McCurdy's service as blacksmith and receipt for forage.

29 July 1779. Smith, James to Davis, John. Order for wagons.


8 November 1779. Smith, James to Davis, John. Order for wagons.

29 November 1779. Carson, Jno to Davis, John. Order for an express.

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April- August 1779. Return of stores delivered to the post of Shippensburg.

{8?} December 1780. Glen, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wagons.

Undated. Swem, Jacob to Postlethwaite, Samuel re Charles McClure. Receipt of hides.

Undated. Postlethwaite, S. to Thompson, A. re Neal McCafferty. “Cracklins” issued.

29 March 1780. Glen, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for {horse} teams.

Undated. Postlethwaite, S. to Thompson, Alexander re Glen. Tallow issued.

November 1779. Miller, Robert. Receipt for hides.

23 March - 26 April 1781. Miller, Thomas. Receipt for hides.

Undated. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Thompson, Alexander re James Duncan. “Cracklins”

issued.

Undated. Swem, Jacob, receipt for hides delivered by Jno Chapman.

10 January 1781. Miller, Jno to Chapman, Jno. Receipt for a hide.

15 January 1781. Miller, Jno to Chapman, Jno. Receipt for hides.

2 March {?}. Swem, Jacob to Thompson, Alexander. Order for “cracklins.”

Undated. Rippey, William. Fragment of receipt for leather.

20 May 1780. Glen, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for forage.

6 March 1780. Glen, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for coll {coal} wagons.

26 April 1781. Heap, J. to Postlethwaite, Samuel re purchase and sale of flour.

September 1779. Return of Cash expended at the post of Shippensburg.

November 1779. Return of Cash expended at the post of Shippensburg.


29 November 1778. Rowan, John. Receipt from Charles Clinton at Fort Cumberland of

supplies for his brigade.

30 September 1779. Wilson, Robert. Account for cash expenditures.

12 December 1779. Henry, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel re delivery of hides to

Lancaster.

September 1779. Clinton, Charles. Accounting for his brigade of packhorses.

March-April 1780. Ledger pages for loads carried by Mr. Duncan's Wagon.

October 1779. Return of Cash Expenditures in the Quartermaster Department,

Shippensburg.

August 1779. Clinton, Charles. Accounting for his brigade of packhorses.

Undated. Page of notations of avoir du pois weight calculations.

Undated. Fragmentary pages listing deliveries and/or allocations of commissary rations

to officers in the Carlisle area.

26 February 1779. Rippey, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Cash receipt.

13 February 1779. Davis, John to McAlister, Jno. Rum purchase.

20 March 1780. Smith, James to Davis, John. Order for horse for William

{Rainey/Rainy?}.

4 January 1780. Smith, James to Davis, John. Order for wagons for John William.

10 January 1780. Smith, James to Davis, John. Order for wagons.

30 January 1779. Rippey, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order.

8 May 1778. Smith, Jno to Davis, John. Receipt for cash.

2 October 1778. Smith, Jno to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for cash.

{7?} April 1780. Unsigned order for wagons.

15 August 1778. McCuleck {McColluck?}, Samuel to Cowan, William. Accounting for

smithwork.


12 March 1779. Allen, James to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order to feed horse.

June 1779. Brady, Joseph to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for equipment for his

packhorse brigade.

10 May 1779. Brady, Joseph to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for equipment for his

packhorse brigade.

23 October 1780. Finley, John to Davis, John. Order for barrels.

2 November 1780. Finley, John to Davis, John. Order to feed horse.

Undated. Hart, David. Flour purchase.

10 November 1780. Anderson, John to Davis, John re shipment of barrels.

10 {?} 1770. Maclay, William to Agnew, John re a bond of Charles Magill.

28 December 1777. McLene, James to Agnew, John re his appointment as Trustee of the

General Loan Office of Pennsylvania.

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19 June 1779. Kennedy, John to Wilson, Robert. Cash receipt.

8 October 1778. Holmes, William. Receipt for delivery of wheat.

25 August 1780. Laird, Thomas. Receipt for equipment for militia company.

19 August 1778. Foster, John to Davis, John. Receipt for horse.

Undated. Holmes, Wlliam to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for rye.

13 May 1780. Hale?, John (Halifax, North Carolina, Asst DQMg). Receipt from

William Anderson?, Wagon master of 63 chests {of munitions?}.

26 August 1780. {Thilb, Asa?} to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for equipment.

18 August 1780. Holmes, William to Lyon, Samuel. Receipt for rye.

19 June 1780. Holmes, William to Bright, David. Receipt for rye.

Undated. Holmes, William. Order for hay.


Undated. Hodge, John. Return of his company's equipment.

1778. Holmes, William to Rippey, William. Receipt for corn.

29 March 1779. Edwards, Aide de Camp to William Saunders. Receipt for a saddle “for

the use of General Lee”.

27 April 1779. Floyd, James to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for paper for Cumberland

County militia.

September 1794. Shram, Joseph. Account for hides.

September 1794. Shram, Joseph. Account for hides. Copy with a different total.

27 April 1779. {Dow?}, Zachari to Nealson, William. Receipt for fabric for pack

saddles.

15 April 1779. Rippey, William to Davis, John re purchase of packhorses.

April 1781. Thompson, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wood.

1 January 1780. Thompson, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wood and

candles.

23 March 1781. Lukens, William. Allotment of wood and candles.

8 May 1778 {or 1780}. Kennedy, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wood.

31 January 1778. Huston to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wagon for Colonel

Hartley's Regiment.

10 April 1780. Huston. Order for wood for a wounded officer.

28 February 1781. Chapman, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wood for

rendering tallow.

24 April 1779. Powers, Alexander. Account for rent of his stables.

31 March 1781. Collier, James to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order to issue wood and

candles.

24 July 1780. Johnston, Robert to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for horses.


6 February 1779. Winter, Aron to Davis, John. Receipt of cash for McDowell,

Alexander.

3 August 1779. McDowell, Robert to Sharp, William. Receipt for packhorses.

26 August 1780. Order for knapsacks for Cumberland County militia.

6 December 1774. Morrow, Abraham. Certification that David Redick left boards at

Kelso's ferry.

2 May 1780. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Davis, John. Receipt for books.

7 June 1779. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Douglas, George. Receipt for horses.

3 June 1779. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Sharp, William. Receipt for horses.

26 August 1780. Mitchel, David. Order for camp kettles for a company of the 5th

Battalion, Cumberland County Militia.

1 October 1779. Pollock, John. Certificate of death of a public horse.

4 January 1779. Postlethwaite, Samuel. Forage issued for horse teams in public service.

13 August 1779. McKnight, David to Thorn, Joseph and Alexander, Hugh. Receipt for

delivery of supplies.

Undated. Fragment bearing the names of Mifflin, Jonathan; McClay, John; Scull,

William; and Amandaville, Juliet.

19 August 1780. Rippey, Samuel to Brady, Joseph. Receipt for hide.

3 December 1779 (?). {Henry?}, William to Rippey, Samuel. Receipt for hides and sol

{sole} leather.

2 April 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Alexander, Samuel. Rent paid for a stable.

29 March 1780. Alexander, Hugh. Allotment of wood.

22 July 1778. Thompson, William. Payment for his wagon brigade.

22 July 1778. Thompson, Robert. Payment for wagon brigade.

March 1780. Miller, William. Allotment of wood and candles to 7th Pennsylvania

Regiment.


1 February 1781. Huston, William. Allotment of wood and candles to 6th Pennsylvania

Regiment.

1 January 1781. Huston, William. Allotment of wood and candles to 6th Pennsylvania

Regiment.

18 January 1781. Chapman, John. Receipt for wood for rendering tallow.

1 March 1780. Alexander, Hugh. Allotment of wood and candles.

7 June 1776. Means, Hugh to Agnew, John. Receipt for cash payment.

3 August 1779. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Espy, David re forage for teams delivering

stores to Fort Pitt. Mentions Colonel Brodhead, Captain Wilson at Oldtown, Express

Rider Ebenezer Denny, and Colonel Smith.

20 July 1779. Hanna, Archibald and Brady, Ebenezer. Orders for their horse brigades.

28 April 1780. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Rippey and Johnston re requirement for a return

of stores in the district.

20 June 1780. Redick, David re McCartney, Patrick. Certification of the use of his

boat at Kelso's Ferry.

4 January 1780. Alexander, Hugh to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order for wood for the

Issuing and Commissary's Office.

23 January 1780. Swem, Jacob and Alexander, Thomas. Allotment of wood.

26 January 1780. Brown, Thomas. Allotment of wood and candles.

Undated. Gibson, Jno to Postlethwaite, Samuel re wagon equipment.

1 March 1780. Blaine, Alexander to Davis, John. Allotment of wood and candles.

17 May 1779. Redick, David to Steward/Stewart, Andrew. Receipt for supplies at

Kelso's Ferry.

25 August 1780. Strain, William. Order of supplies for company of 6th Battalion,

Cumberland County Militia.

30 April 1779. Sample {Semple?}, {?} to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Receipt for a horse.

22 September 1779. Sanderson, William to Douglas, George. Receipt for a horse.


14 May 1779. Sanderson, William to Douglass, George. Receipt for horses and

equipment.

March 1780. Brown, Thomas. Allotment of wood and candles to his wagon brigade.

4 January 1780. Alexander, Hugh to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of candles for

Issuing Commissary's Office.

30 May 1780. Alexander, H. Allotment of wood for a waggoner.

27 May 1780. Alexander, H. Allotment of wood and candles.

7 December 1778. Alison, Robert to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order to admit horses to

public stables.

7 February 1781. Alexander, H. Allotment of candles for Issuing Office.

1 March 1780. Gibson, George to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Allotment of candles for

regiment.

8 March 1780. Alexander, H. Allotment of wood.

31 December 1778. Alison, Robert to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Order to stable horses.

29 December 1778. Agnew, John to Davis, John. Order for wood and candles.

30 August 1778. Thompson, James. Certification of lack of subsistence pay for

Gallispy/Galesby, Rheuben.

15 June 1778. Tomkins, Charles for Thompson, James. Receipt for wagon brigade and

equipment at Camp White Plains.

6 November 1778. Williamson, Samuel. Return of horses that died in the public pasture.

January 1780. Swem, Jacob and Cramer, Richard. Allotment of wood.

22 January 1780. Swem, Jacob and Lindsey, John. Allotment of wood.

15 May 1780. Lloyd, James and Burns, James. Allotment of candles.

December 1780. Gibson, John and Postlethwaite, Samuel. Payment for delivery of

wood.

19 June 1780. Alexander, H. to Thompson, Alexander. Receipt for soap.


25 August 1780. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Thompson, A. Order to deliver tallow to

hospital.

1 April 1781. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Huston, William. Allotment of wood and candles.

31 January 1780. Alexander, H. and McKenzie, Jno. Allotment of wood.

18 July 1778. Holmes, William for Rowan, David. Payment for his wagon brigade.

December 1778. Williamson, David. Allotment of wood and candles for his wagon

brigade.

24 July 1781. Sample, Samuel for Wright, John. Receipt at Fort Pitt of wagon and

equipment.

4 March 1780. Swem, Jacob and Alexander, Thomas. Allotment of wood.

1 March 1780. Blaine, Alexander for Work, William. Allotment of wood and candles.

4 April 1780. Postlethwaite, Samuel to Thompson, A. Order to issue “cracklins” for

Mrs. Archer.

21 June 1781. Miller, Jno for Lyon, Samuel. Receipt for hides.

February 1780, Thompson, Alexander to Swem, Jacob. Delivery of tallow.

19 October 1829. Penn, John and William to Duncan, James. Copy of a deed.

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11 September 1800 - 8 May 1804. Postlethwaite, Samuel and Henry. Accounting of

direct taxes collected in the 21st Collections District.

17 April 1782. Campbell, George to Agnew, John re bonds.

24 July 1788. Baird, James. Order by the Supreme Executive Council to the Sheriff of

Cumberland County remitting Baird's fine for fornication and bastardy. Signed by James

Trimble for Charles Biddle.

13 December 1787. Rinn/Kinn, John. Order to the Sheriff of Cumberland County by the

Supreme Executive Council to remit his sentence for larceny. Signed by Charles Biddle.

8 June 1778. McClellan, Hugh. Certificate of rations due to him.

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2 August 1788. Maclay, William to Agnew, John re land taxes.

13 February 1795. Postlethwaite, Samuel to McAlpin, James. Account.

23 July 1789. Golf, Vallintine/Vallentine from Agnew, John. Purchase of a bay mare.

18 July 1788. {Mist?} to Agnew, John. Receipt for payment on account of James Irwin.

17 October 1778. Bird, Mark. Payment to Hullings, James.

31 August 1785. Miller, Jno to Agnew, John. Receipt for his payment on account of

William McPherson.

1 September 1798. Shippen, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel re payment from Mr. Sharp.

28 April 1787. McGuffocks, John to Duncan, John re sickles.

Undated. Postlethwaite, Samuel. Wrapping for vouchers.

27 May 1782. Dunbar, John. Wagon hire.

22 January 1788. Allen, John to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Deed poll for land in Rye

Township.

20 July 1789. Brown, John to Agnew, John re payment of a note owed to Mr. James in

Philadelphia.

27 January 1790. Holmes, John to Agnew, John re ruined flour. Includes accounting for

purchase in Baltimore.

27 {?} 1796. Arthur (?), Jno to Postlethwaite, Samuel re claim for retained rations and

delinquent tax collectors. (Letter damaged.)

13 June 1821. Order of the Supreme Court, Middle District.

1 May 1786. Legal notes on Wallace, Nath v. Hays, Adam. Also Eabright

v.Hays. Notes on accounts owed for saddlery work.

21 April 1784. Elliot, William ad Duncan, David. Cumberland County Court State of

the Case notes.

30 September 1782. Neill, William to Postlethwaite, Samuel re delivery of a letter to

General Irvine.

February 1783 - January 1785. Barker, William to Alexander, S. Account.


18 November 1795 and 2 May 1835. Sanderson, William. Conveyance of a schoolhouse

and its subsequent sale in Middleton Township by John Cornman.

14 April 1787. Endslaw, Jos to Jeffries, John re account.

6 June 1810. Peters, Richard to Postlethwaite, Samuel re “Craighead's Affair.”

10 May 1801. Williams, {E?} to Postlethwaite, Samuel re a Colonel Blaine's bond.

14 June 1788. Cumberland County Court of Private Sessions judgement re extension of

indenture of Margaret Small, servant to John Thompson.

Undated. Blaine, Ephraim; Lyon, William; Creigh, John. Copy of an unsigned letter to

Colonel Francis, their appointments, and “books.”

23 May 1810. Burd, E. to Postlethwaite, Samuel re payment on a debt.

Undated. Dunlop, James to Postlethwaite, Samuel. Mentions Thomas Duncan;

Brookins; and Samuel Rippey, Jr.

19 March 1790. McKeehan, David to Agnew, John re a deposition for Neil's Executors

vs. Cunningham.

29 December 1787. Hunter, William to Agnew, John re a delivery.

18 January 1790. Heap, John to Agnew, John re debts owed by James Rowney.

12 November 1789. McAlister, James and John to Agnew, John re exchange of tobacco

for iron.

17 April 1787. Allen, {?} to Agnew, John re a bill.

7 April 1786. Bryson, Samuel to Agnew, John re a debt.

19 January 1785. Aikins, Thomas and Rutland, James. Certified copy of their indenture

to John Rouse.

12 January 1796. Duncan, James to Postlethwaite, Samuel re account with Mr.

Bickham/Beckham.

24 January 1785. Rouse, John to Hufnagle, Michael, Pittsburgh, re land issue involving

Butland/Rutland and Aitkins.


27 September 1794. Hay, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel re shipment of books to

Newark, New Jersey.

2 November 1797. Zimmerman, Ludwick. Deposition taken by John Gordon/Jordan re

payment on bond due on land. Mentions Arthur Buchanan, and James Wallace.

{9?} January 1795. Hughes, Jno to Postlethwaite, Samuel re dispute over his election to

the Pennsylvania Senate.

1 December 1799. McCoskry, Samuel to Postlethwaite, Samuel re a lottery ticket.

21 February 1795. Clark, Jno and Brandt, Adam to Postlethwaite, Samuel disputing

authenticity of petition to Governor by Allen Township residents to appoint John

Williamson a Justice of the Peace.

23 January 1786. Alexander, John to Semple, Robert. Accounting.

14 July 1784. Semple, Robert to Alexander, John re wheat.

Undated? Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas, July Term, Case No.

32. Barnard and Michael Gratz vs James Pollock and Thomas Alexander, Executors of

Joseph Spear. Narratio.

1788. York Nisi Prius. Case of Lessee of Charles Cecil vs Richard Peters. Notes re

precedents.

18 July 1788. Trimble, James (for Biddle, Charles) to Agnew, John. Copy of an extract

from the minutes of the Council re election of Justices of the Peace from Carlisle held in

Cumberland County without permission of the Council.

16 February 1795. Report of the Cumberland County Committee on the petition of East

Pennsborough and Allen Townships for the erection of a separate election district.

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