Return of Provisions, and c., Forwarded to the Northern Army by Elisha Phelps

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Return of Provisions, &c˙, forwarded to the Northern Army by ELISHA PHELPS, Commissary, from the 3d day of JULY, 1775, to the 20th of JULY, 1775, inclusive:

Received, 32 barrels of pork: 507 barrels of flour: 49 bushels of Indian meal: 10 tierces of rice: 7 tierces and 15 barrels of peas: 260 gallons of rum: 50 ferkins of butterr: 3 barrels, of sugar: 56 1/2 barrels of molasses: 3 barrels of vinegar: 150 weight of chocolate: 40 camp kettles; 6 brass kettles: 12 iron pots and kettles: 86 hatchets: 50 Indian blankets: 1 box of pick-axes: 14 quires of paper: 4 saddles and bridles: 12 barrels of salt: 21 casks of nails: 20 barrels of pitch: 2 tons of bar iron.

Forwarded, 24 barrels of pork: 371 barrels of flour: 9 bushels of Indian meal: 10 tierces of rice: 7 tierces and 15 barrels of peas: 260 gallons of rum: 50 ferkins of butter: 3 barrels of sugar: 56 1/2 barrels of molasses; 3 barrels of vinegar: 150 weight of chocolate: 40 camp kettles: 6 brass kettles: 12 iron pots and kettles: 86 hatchets: 50 Indian blankets: 1 box of pick-axes: 14 quires of paper: 3 saddles and bridles: 11 barrels of salt: 5 casks of nails: 5 barrels of pitch.

On hand, 8 barrels of pork: 40 bushels of Indian meal: 1 saddle and bridle: 1 barrel of salt: 16 casks of nails: 15 barrels of pitch: 2 tons of bar iron.

Errours excepted:

ELISHA PHELPS, Commissary.

Albany, July 21, 1775.