Wadsworth and Carter receipts, 1782-1783
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Bills and receipts of the firm Wadsworth and Carter. Documents relate to circumstances surrounding the Battle of Yorktown, October 1781, primarily concerning the return of wagons and teams of horses. Other receipts cover shoeing horses, traveling, recruiting army drivers, supplying food grains, straw, wood, and salt, and labor costs. Mentioned specifically are Count de Rochambeau, Marquis de Lafayette, and the "Duke's [Lauzun] Legion" in Hampton, Va. There is also mention of Samuel Beale, J. Cammill, John Davis, John Debow, Mark Garrett, B. H. Holmes, Christian Ish, Thomas Lewis, Warner Lewis, Daniel Moore, Levi Pease, J. Penon, Benjamin Powell, and Daniel Rogan.
The firm of Wadsworth and Carter was the creation of Jeremiah Wadsworth and Colonel Carter. Carter was actually John Barker Church. They served as agents for the French Army during the Revolutionary War.
Return of teams: under command of Maj. John Davis, Williamsburg, 1782 January 1
Return of teams: under command of Maj. John Davis, Williamsburg, 1782 January 8
Return of teams: under command of Maj. John Davis, Williamsburg, 1782 January 10
Return of teams: under command of Maj. John Davis, Williamsburg, 1782 January 11
Receipt: French officer acknowledges supplies of corn and barley for the
Bill: Warner Lewis, Williamsburg, to Mssrs. Wadsworth and Carter re corn and barley, 1782 February 28
Bill: Mssrs. Wadsworth and Carter to Daniel Rogan for drivers for the army, 1782 March 29
J. Cannill:Return of wagons and teams in my brigade in the French service, 1782 April 21
Daniel Moore: A return of my brigade of horses and teams, 1782 April 23
Receipt: Levi Pease pays Christain Ish, Lancaster, VA farrier, for setting horse shoes, 1782 April 26
Receipt: Mssrs. Wadsworth and Carter pay B. Holmes for supplies for use on Comte de Rochambeau’s ship, 1782 May 18
William Wadsworth and Carter, to Capt John Debow, Pompton Plains, NJ, re supplies of hay, oats, straw and wood, 1782 September 12
Bill: Mark Garrett, Williamsburg, to Intendant General of France, Jamestown, re beeves and salt for French soldiers, 1782 December 19
Receipt: Daniel Alcott pays Benjamin Powell, Dumfries, VA, for services as driver for Mssrs. Wadsworth and Carter, 1783 July 1