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No. 4—Continued.
Present state of the Garrison at FORT MONTGOMERY.
| NAMES OF THE CAPTAINS. |
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Captains. |
Subalterns. |
Sergeants. |
Corporals. |
Drummers and Fifers |
Privates. |
Sick and lame. |
Absent by leave. |
On command. |
Deserted. |
Guns fit for use. |
Guns not fit. |
Cartridge-boxes. |
Bayonets. |
Tomahawks. |
Guns wanting. |
Bayonets wanting. |
Tomahawks wanting |
Axes wanting. |
Pails wanting. |
Cartridge-boxes wanting |
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| Captain James Rosekrans’s Company |
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1 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
72 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
26 |
4 |
4 |
82 |
82 |
82 |
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6 |
6 |
82 |
| Captain Abraham Swartwout’s Company
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1 |
*2 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
49 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
- |
14 |
- |
2 |
5 |
59 |
45 |
54 |
- |
6 |
6 |
57 |
| Captain Jonn Belknap’s Company. |
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1 |
†3 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
67 |
12 |
2 |
2 |
- |
4 |
8 |
14 |
4 |
77 |
73 |
73 |
- |
6 |
6 |
63 |
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| Total at Fort Mantgomery. |
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3 |
8 |
12 |
12 |
6 |
188 |
26 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
22 |
34 |
20 |
13 |
218 |
200 |
209 |
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18 |
18 |
202 |
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| Total at both Garrisons. |
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6 |
17 |
24 |
21 |
11 |
340 |
53 |
5 |
13 |
3 |
63 |
34 |
109 |
17 |
218 |
323 |
332 |
123 |
18 |
18 |
243 |
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* Lieutenant gone home sick; Ensign dead. |
†Lieutenant Pauloing absent. |
| I do hereby certify the above to be a true Return. |
ISAAC NICOLL, Commissary of Stores. |
No. 5.
A Return of Provision in the Store at FORT CONSTITUTION.
| BY WHOM LAID IN. |
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Barrels Flour. |
Barrels Pork. |
Barrels Beef. |
Bushels Pease. |
Tierces Molasses. |
Bxs. Candles. |
Pounds hard Soap. |
Barrels Indian Meal. |
Hogsheads Rum. |
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| Abraham Livingston, May 30, 1776. |
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20 |
23 |
16 |
45 |
3 |
½ |
72 |
12 |
3 |
| Walter Livingston. |
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57 |
133 |
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66 |
1¼ |
¼ |
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| Total. |
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77 |
156 |
16 |
111 |
4¼ |
¼ |
72 |
12 |
3 |
The Store is not fit to put Provision in; and, if it was, can hold but very little more than is in it now.
JAMES HOUMAN, Deputy Commissary.
A Return of Provisions at FORT MONTGOMERY, MAY 31, 1776.
| Tierces of Molasses. |
Boxes of Candles. |
Pounds of hard Soap. |
Barrels of Pork. |
Barrels of Beef. |
Tierces of Peas. |
Barrels Indian Meal. |
Barrels of Flour. |
Hogsheads of Rum. |
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10 |
800 |
14 |
21 |
8 |
5 |
12 |
3 |
I do certify that the above is a true Return of the Provisions, per me.
NEHEMIAH CARPENTER, Quartermaster.
Return of Persons employed at FORT MONTGOMERY.
| Per month. |
| 2 |
Commissioners, pay, 10s.per day, |
£30 |
0 |
0 |
| 1 |
Clerk of the Check and Steward, |
8 |
0 |
0 |
| 15 |
Carpenters, at 6s. per day each, |
135 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
Masons, at 6s. per day each, |
36 |
0 |
0 |
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£209 |
0 |
0 |
Fort Montgomery, May 31, 1776.
Return of Persons employed at FORT CONSTITUTION.
| Per month. |
| 2 |
Commissioners, pay 10s. per day each, |
£30 |
0 |
0 |
| 2 |
Waiters, 53s. 4d., |
5 |
6 |
8 |
| 4 |
Carpenters, at 6s. per day, each, |
36 |
0 |
0 |
| 1 |
Overseer, 80s. per month, |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| 1 |
Clerk, at 100s., |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| 1 |
Steward, at 100s., |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| 1 |
Cook, at 53s. 4d., |
2 |
13 |
4 |
| 1 |
Hired man, at 53s. 4d., |
2 |
13 |
4 |
| 1 |
Blacksmith, at 6s. per day, |
9 |
0 |
0 |
| 1 |
Blacksmith, |
4 |
10 |
0 |
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£104 |
3 |
4 |
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Fort Constitution, May 31, 1776.
Number of Persons proposed to be employed at both Posts.
| Per month. |
| 2 |
Commissioners, pay 10s. per day, |
£30 |
0 |
0 |
| 1 |
Clerk of the Check, |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| 1 |
Steward, |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| 1 |
Overseer of the workmen, |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
Carpenters, at 6s. per day each, |
36 |
0 |
0 |
| 1 |
Blacksmith, at 6s. per day, |
9 |
0 |
0 |
| 1 |
Assistant Blacksmith, at |
4 |
10 |
0 |
| 1 |
Cook to the Commissioners, at |
2 |
10
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| 1 |
Waiter to the Commissioners, at |
2 |
10
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| 1 |
Cook to the Artificers, at |
2 |
10
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| 1 |
Seaman in care of the barge, at |
2 |
10
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Sloop in the service of both posts, at |
30 |
0 |
0 |
| 2 |
Seamen on board the sloop, at £3 10 each, |
7 |
0
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£138 |
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0 |
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Fort Constitution, May 31, 1776.
WILLIAM BEDLOW.
Return of Persons employed in carrying on the Works at FORT MONTGOMERY, near POOPLOPEN KILL.
Commissioners and Superintendents, Colonel Thomas Palmer and Gilbert Livingston, Esquires. Tennis Tappen, Clerk and Steward.
Mechanicks at Work: Carpenters 15, Masons 4.
List of Implements.
| Wheelbarrows, |
43 |
Iron Mauls and Wedges, |
5 |
| Wheelbarrows, broke, |
9 |
Pick-Axes, |
27 |
| Spades, |
29 |
Bill-Hooks, |
62 |
| Spades, broke, |
12 |
Bill-Handles, broke, |
5 |
| Iron Shovels, |
8 |
Wood Axes, |
24 |
| Iron Shovels, broke, |
1 |
Small Carts, |
1 |
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Handbarrows, |
4 |
| Wooden Shovels, broke, |
3 |
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GILBERT LIVINGSTON. |
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THOMAS PALMER. |
Fort Montgomery, May 31, 1776 .
Commissioners and Superintendents at the Works carrying on at FORT CONSTITUTION.
2 Commissioners, William Bedlow and Jonathan Lawrence.
1 Clerk of the Check, Jonathan Lawrence, Jun.
1 Steward, Adolph Delgrove.
Mechanicks at work: 4 Carpenters, 2 Blacksmiths, 1 Overseer, t Cook for the Commissioners, 1 Cook for the Artificers, 1 Waiter on the Commissioners, 1 Seaman in care of the barge.
The Sloop Liberty, Henry Palmer, in the service of Fort Constitution and Fort Montgomery: Master and tw0 hands.
WILLIAM BEDLOW.
Fort Constitution, May 31, 1776.
Fort Montgomery, May 31, 1776.
A List of Tory Prisoners now at this Garrison, who were sent here by order OF DUTCHESS, Manor of LIVINGSTON, EAST CAMP, CLAVERACK and RHINEBECK Precincts.
| Nathaniel Pinch, |
John Johnson, |
Johannis Cooper, |
| George Shannon, |
David Close, |
Philip Clum, |
| Dennis Riley, |
Benjamin Dubois, |
Coonradt Huffman, |
| Philip Teed, |
Frederick Row, |
Martinus Couper, jr. |
Was sent to be kept at the laborious part of the duty at this garrison, during the pleasure of the above-said Committee:
From Westchester County,— —Johnson, of Peekskill .
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