Accounts with the Board of War, 1775-1788.

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Accounts with the Board of War, 1775-1788.

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Series consists of (1) accounts of items sent to the commissary/truckhouse at Machias by the Board of War, documenting delivery of various foodstuffs (beef, pork, peas), cloth, clothing, ammunition, and medical supplies, including several documents in: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Massachusetts archives collection ((M-Ar)45X), v. 157, p. 240, 392 (2) orders from the Board of War for supplies (food, weapons, ammunition) to be furnished to Machias, addressed to Commissary General Richard Devens, Captain John Hopkins of the Quartermaster Dept., or Colonel Thomas Crafts at the Boston Laboratory. Most supplies were delivered to Stephen Smith, truckmaster at Machias, and receipted by Quartermaster James Avery.

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