Item 44: “A[n] Account of Sundries Purchas[e]’d for the use of the United States by Lord Butler” Assistant Quarter Master, (removed to Legal Box #1), 1779 September 6-21
Item — Box: 10, Folder: 44
Dates
- Created: 1779 September 6-21
Creator
- Butler, Lord, 1761-1824 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Account Ledger
Condition Note:
Good
Measurements:
12 ¼ in. x 7 ¾ in.
Title:
“A Account of Sundries Purchas’[e]d for the use of the United States by Lord Butler Asst [assistant] Q M. [Quarter Master] in the Month of September 1779”
Description:
The following item depicts an accounting ledger, dated September 6-21, 1779, recorded by Lord Butler, the eldest son of Zebulon Butler. In the accounts, Butler records certain purchases by the regiment, including the use of Laurana Reyme’s horses in delivering express post, an express sent by Abram Pike to Tioga, and four days of work by Bartholomew Lonstretch. The total of the account comes to 34 pounds, 17 shillings, and 6 pence. Butler is recording the accounts from his position as assistant Quartermaster.
The money system uses a shorthand form for the word pence, shown as a lowercase d.
The page contains a number of mathematical equations that do not appear to relate to the accounts listed on the item.
Transcription:
A Account of Sundries Purchas’[e]d for the use of the United States by
Lord Butler Asst [assistant] Q M. [Quarter Master] in the Month of September 1779.----
Date Sep’r [September] Vouchers From whom purchased Place of Abode What Regt [Regiment] belong[in]g to £ S D [pence] 6 1 Laurana [Lawrence?] Reyme Pennsylvania for the use of his horses for express 6 3 ~ 18 2 Abram Pike Connecticut one express from Wyoming to Tioga 16 17 6 21 3 Bartholomew Lonstretch (sic) [Longstreth] Pennsylvania four Days work as an Artificer 6 15 ~
£ 34 17 6
Lord Butler AQM [Assistant Quarter Master] 37.10 18.15 2.5
{Back}
Q. M. [Quarter Master] Purchases For the Month of September 1779 No 11 —
Purchases in the Q. M. D. [Quarter Master Department] Sept[ember] 1779
The back of the page contains a number of mathematical equations.
Date Sep’r [September] Vouchers From whom purchased Place of Abode What Regt [Regiment] belong[in]g to £ S D [pence] 6 1 Laurana [Lawrence?] Reyme Pennsylvania for the use of his horses for express 6 3 ~ 18 2 Abram Pike Connecticut one express from Wyoming to Tioga 16 17 6 21 3 Bartholomew Lonstretch (sic) [Longstreth] Pennsylvania four Days work as an Artificer 6 15 ~
£ 34 17 6
Lord Butler AQM [Assistant Quarter Master] 37.10 18.15 2.5
{Back}
Q. M. [Quarter Master] Purchases For the Month of September 1779 No 11 —
Purchases in the Q. M. D. [Quarter Master Department] Sept[ember] 1779
The back of the page contains a number of mathematical equations.
Creator
- Butler, Lord, 1761-1824 (Person)
Repository Details
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