New Windsor 30th July 1782 |
Estimate of horses and oxen, necessary to remove the Park of Artillery and its appendages from Burlington.
For | the regiment | 9 | |
by Forage | 1 | ||
Waggon Master | 1 | ||
Laboratory | 4 | ||
Artificiers | 6 | ||
21 | waggons | ||
Travelling Forges | 4 | ||
25 | teams for which 100 horses or oxen equivalent will be wanted agreeable to a return made to the Q.M. General, 18 May last. |
Park | ||||||
horses | oxen | |||||
6 | 5 1/2 inch howitzers— | 4 horses each | 24 | |||
6 | 8 inch | |||||
6 | —French | one horse and four yoke of oxen each. | 12 | 96 | ||
8 | 3 pounders— | 3 horses each | 24 | |||
8 | 6 | 4 | 32 | |||
4 | Medium | 12 prs 1 horse & 4 yoke of oxen | 4 | 32 | ||
3200 rounds for 3 & 6 pounders | ||||||
10 waggons | 10 | 40 | ||||
Stores that will accompany the Park | ||||||
eight waggons | 8 | 32 | ||||
114 | 200 |
It is presumed Col. Pickering Qr Mr General, can furnish the horses and complete the number of waggons for the above purpose.
Knox Major General
Commanding the Artillery
DLC: Papers of George Washington.