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INVENTORY OF ORDNANCE AND STORES, OCTOBER 20, 1775, ENCLOSED IN THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE.
Inventory of Ordnance and Stores necessary for the present Army, supposing it to consist of twenty thousand Men.
| Cannon, viz: 24 and 18 pounders, battering cannon, | 36 |
| 12 and 9 pounders, | 20 |
| 6, 4, and 3 pounders, small cannon and field-pieces, | 44 |
| 100 |
With carriages and implements, complete.
| Mortars, viz: | 10 inches, | 6 |
| 8 inches, | 2 |
| 7 inches, | 2 |
| 8 inch howitzers, | 3 |
| 13 |
With beds and carriages, complete.
| Gins, | 6 |
| Platforms complete, for guns, | 100 |
| Platforms for mortars, | 10 |
| Spare carriages, for guns, | 30 |
| Spare beds, for morlars, 6 |
| Spare sponges, ladles, and rammers, (sets,) | 10 |
| Shot, round, for battering cannon, | 5,00 |
| Shot, round and case, for smaller, | 10,000 |
| Shells for mortars, 10-inch, | 1,200 |
| Shells for mortars, 8-inch, | 1,000 |
| Shells for mortars, 7-inch, | 400 |
| Hand-grenades, | 2,000 |
Fuzes for the bombs and hand-grenades.
Port fires.
Tin tubes.
Powder—
| For cannon and mortars, 200 rounds, | 1,155 |
| For 20,000 men, 120 rounds, or three pounds per man, | 600 |
| For compositions and extraordinary, | 245 |
| Barrels, | 2,000 |
| Lead—for Musketry, tons, | 15 |
| Sheet, | 3 |
| Tons, | 18 |
Stores, viz: Intrenching tools, spare timber and plank, handspikes, beds and coins, match, flints, saltpetre, brimstone, pitch and tar, turpentine, oil, beeswax, rosin, candles and tallow, sheep skins, canvass and packthread, needles, lanthorns of sorts, powder measures, iron pots and kettles, flannel, tin and copper for ladles, travelling forge complete, bar iron, steel, nails and spikes, files, carpenters' and wheel-wrights' tools, cordage of sorts, codline and marline, cotton for quick-match, spirits-of-wine, budge barrels and haversacks, painted canvass, tanned hides, tents, ammunition carts, cartridge paper, writing paper, two pair of large hand bellows, brushes, glue, grindstones, scales and weights, surveying compass and chain, one theodolite, searces of sorts, sieves, one good telescope, one case of instruments, horses and harness complete, forty.
Cambridge, October 20, 1775.
The above inventory of ordnance and stores are what 1 judge to be absolutely necessary for this Army; many-small things are omitted being mentioned, as the company of Artificers can make them, and many things can be sup-plied by the neighbourhood, if wanted. It is impossible to give an exact list of what may be wanted on all occasions. I have endeavoured as much as the time would permit to collect the essential matters for the Army, which are humbly submitted by your Excellency's most obedient, humble servant,
RICHARD GRIDLEY, Chief Engineer.
To His Excellency General Washington.
Ordnance and Shot and Shells now in Camp.
| Pounders, | Cannons. | Shot. |
| 24 | 5 | 449 |
| 18 | 6 | 260 |
| 12 | 2 | 149 |
| 9 | 3 | 1,175 |
| 8 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 1,135 |
| 51/4 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | 1,475 |
| 3 | 9 | 3,079 |
| 21/2 | 2 | 1,009 |
| 41 | | 8,730 |
Carriages, Indles, rammers, and sponges, &c., complete.
| Inches. | Mortars. | Shells. |
| 10 | 3 | 374 |
| 8 | 2 | 452. |
| 8 howitzers, | 3 |
| 7 brass mortars, | 2 | 641 |
| 10 | 1,467 |
Powder, whole barrels, Lead.
PENNSYLVANIA COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.
Friday, December 1, 1775.
At a meeting of the Committee of Safety: Present—
John Nixon, Chairman, Samuel Howell, George Clymer, Owen Biddle, Daniel Roberdeau, James Mease, James Biddle.
Saturday, December 2, 1775.
At a meeting of the Committee of Safety: Present—
James Biddle, Chairman, Robert White, Samuel How-ell, George Clymer, Owen Biddle, Anthony Wayne, Daniel Roberdeau, James Mease, John Cadwallader, Joseph Reed, Alexander Wilcoclcs, Francis Johnson.
Resolved, That Captain Dougherty be instructed not to permit more than two Captains, and a proportional number of Subaltern Officers, to be absent at any one time from their stations at Liberty-Island, without the express order of this Board, or upon some very pressing and urging occasion.
Resolved, That a Letter be wrote and sent to the Committee of the town of Reading, respecting the Gunpowder ordered to be purchased from the said Committee, and directing it immediately to be sent down to this City.
Monday, December 4, 1775.
At a meeting of the Committee of Safety: Present—
John Nixon, Chairman, Thomas Wharton, Jun., Owen Biddle, Anthony Wayne, Daniel Roberdeau, George Clymer, John Cadwallader, Samuel Howell, James Mease.
Resolved, That Colonel Roberdeau request Colonel Bull, of the Pennsylvania Battalion, to appoint Guards to take proper care of the Powder-Magazine, and of the Can-non and Artillery Stores at the State-House.
Upon application of Captain Williams, of the Pennsylvania Battalion, in the service of the United Colonies, for the payment of fourteen Firelocks, purchased by him for the use of his Company:
By order of the Board, an order was drawn in his favour, of fifty-two pounds, fifteen shillings, and three pence, on Messrs. Mease and Caldwell, Treasurers to the said Battalion.
The honourable House of Assembly, on the 25th November last, having drawn up, and approved of sundry Articles of Association, Rules and Regulations for the better government of said Associations, and Resolutions, directing the mode of levying Taxes on Non-Associators in this Province:
Resolved, That Mr. Peter Miller be directed to print in the German language, four hundred copies of the above-mentioned Rules, Regulations, and Articles of Association, and Resolutions directing the mode of levying Taxes on Non-Associators.
That William and Thomas Bradford be directed to print in the English language, one thousand of the same.
Upon application of Mr. John Pringle, by order of the Board, a Certificate was given him, that he had imported, and sold to this Committee, a quantity of Powder, amounting in value to eighty-five pounds, and that he had liberty, by the Resolve of Congress, to export to that amount in the produce of these Colonies.
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