Ordnance store records, 1775.

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Ordnance store records, 1775.

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Series consists of two books detailing activities in the Cambridge ordnance store before Washington's assumption of command: (1) Sundries supplied from ordnance store, 1775, contains orders from June 15-19, 1775. The starting date for the record coincides with supplying the army with military equipment for the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17. Each regiment mentioned was stationed in Cambridge at the time and would either have been called to march or would have been already entrenched around the battle site on the 17th. Deliveries are categorized by regiment, thereunder by date, showing to whom delivered, with items and quantity, namely rounds of powder, balls, flints, cartridge boxes, cartridge paper, and shovels. There is also a summary by regiment, and a list of items sent to headquarters. Incoming items are listed by date and source (e.g., Committee of Supplies, Watertown store) Notes indicate several reasons for brevity of the log and lack of a sufficient reserve of equipment at the store. On the morning of June 20, 1775, the store was visited by a soldier stationed with General Artemas Ward. He brought verbal orders from the general requesting any extra powder be sent to the ordnance store in Watertown immediately. Fourteen half barrels and three whole barrels were sent to that store, located at Edward Richardson's tavern. A memorandum states that during the Battle of Bunker Hill, a colonel took an unknown number of tools from the store. (2) Military stores supplied to various regiments, 1775, continues the first record in the same format, June 20-July 3, 1775. A wider variety of equipment and supplies includes powder, balls, flints, cartridge boxes, paper, axes, pick axes, firelocks, hoes, wheelbarrows, musket cartridges, shovels, planks, and spades. There are general summaries by commodity of quantities delivered and quantities received, and a concluding inventory as of July 4. Receipts for items supplied to companies can be found in: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Massachusetts archives collection ((M-Ar)45X), v. 304.

1 folder ; 29 x 44 cm.

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