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Return of Stores wanted for service of His Majesty' s works in the Engineers' Department at BOSTON, 7th August, enclosed to the Honourable Board of Ordnance, 19th August, 1775, viz:
The company of artificers to be sent out to serve under the immediate direction of the commanding engineer, as at Newfoundland, Gibraltar, &c.
JOHN MONTRESOR,Commanding-Engineer.
His Excellency Major-General Howe.
Letter from General Howe to the Earl of Dartmouth, enclosing copies of Returns and Estimates, with occasional Remarks
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Chevaux-de-frize, sets,
200
Cuirasses with head pieces, sets,
50
Calthrops or crow' s feet, lb˙ weight,
2,000
Crows of iron,
100
Hammers, hand,
100
Hammers, sledge,
50
Carpenters' tools in boxes, sets,
6
Grindstones, with troughs, &c.
20
Mantelets of cured hides,
200
Hambrough lines, skeins,
100
Intrenching Tools.
Axes, broad,
200
Axes, felling,
600
Axes, pick,
1,000
Hand-hatchets,
1,000
Barrows, wheel,
500
Barrows, hand,
300
Spades, common,
2,000
Spades, ditching,
500
Shovels, shod,
1,500
Shovels, iron,
500
Hand-bills,
1,000
Saws, hand,
100
Saws, cross cut,
50
Sand-bags, bushel,
10,000
20,000
Sand-bags, half bushel,
10,000
Spikes, of sorts, size from 5 to 8 1/2 inches, barrels,
20
Nails, 24d˙, barrels,
10
Augurs, of sorts,
200
Rope.
Tarred: 4 1/2 inch, 2; 3 inch, 2; 2 1/2 inch, 3; 2 inch, 3.
White: 3 1/2 inch, 2; 2 inch, 3; 1 1/2 inch, 3.
Total: 18 coils.
October 1st, an addition was thought absolutely necessary to be made to the within return, by adding the following artificers:
Carpenters, master,
1
Ditto, foreman,
1
Ditto, carpenters,
20
Bricklayers, master,
1
Ditto, bricklayers,
6
Blacksmiths, master,
1
Ditto, blacksmiths,
6
Wheelwrights,
2
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