Army & Navy Contractors 1794-1817 P. 1.

In my work as a Surname researcher I look for names every where, but there is one subject matter I have not touched on before its the Military Contractor. Oh they were easy enough to find"," but to find any information on a individual was almost impossible. I thought if I just put down a name"," and what the contract was for"," that it would be dry and uninteresting. However"," with my work at Roots Web., over the years I have seen people asking about Military Contractors. They had stories of a family member that had a contract with the military and wanted to know if there was a way to find out, so I thought it was time to see if I could give them some kind of help. [Those same people knew of a "contract," and the contractor being a family member it was apparent to me they wanted additional information, so with that in mind I set out to see if I could provide some assistance.]

The information will be name, date, and some of material supplied. Space being limited will not allow me to list the hundreds of items involved in every situation, but will provide as much as possible. “I think you all will be interested as well as I, on how much a pair of socks cost, or what the price of a gun was going for.” These names will be listed by year, as you go from year to year you may see the same name more the once"," but keep in mind they may not be supplying the same items. The military contractor supplied services from the care of the sick to a pair socks.

Note. The information on these two pages comes from Naval affairs Vol. I-III, and Military affairs Vol. I-VII, theses records are housed at the Library of Congress. Also from the official records of the Civil War, Who’s records are housed at Ohio State University.

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Army Contractors.

A contract was made in 1794, with Brown & Francis, owners of the Hope Furnace of Rhode Island for some cannons.

Commissary Department of the Army.
1818.

Here is a list of names that had a contracts to deliver supply’s to posts.

1. Sterrett Ramsay, Post Carlisle and Post Baltimore.

2. Jesse Smith, Post Scckett’s Harbor.

3. Charles Bullock, Fort Hawkins.

4. George Cooper, Post New York.

5. Ralph Parker, Post Niagara.

6. Jonathan Allen, Post Boston.

7. Izra Smith, Post Plattsburg.

Note. Here is an example of the kind of supply’s being deliver but keep in mind that the numbers and prices will not be the same.

51-Barrels of pork at $22.00.
107-Bushels of peas or beans at $1.75.
24-Barrels of whiskey at 55 cents per gallon.
138-Barrels of flours at $8.
9-Hundredwright of soap at 10 cents per pound.
360-Pounds of candles at 22 cents.
15-Bushels of salt at $1.25.
240-Gallons of vinegar at 25 cents.

8. William Hill, Post Detroit and Pittsburg.

9. Cyrus W. Murray, Post Norfolk.

10. Camillus Griffith, Post Philadelphia.

11. Moses Bliss, Post Springfield Massachusetts.

12. Bosson, Cowden & Company and George Bates, Newport Kentucky.

13. H. A. Fay, Post Albany.

14. James Johnson, Post New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Natchitoches, Arkansas and St. Louis.

In 1818, Robert L. Stevens of the town of Hoboken, New Jersey, had a contract with the army to manufacture cannon shell.
200-hundred 18 pound shell at $19.00.
1,200-hunderd 24 pound shell at $21.00.
600-hundred 32 pound shell at $24.00
42-pound shell at $27.50.
50-pound shell at $30.00.
100-pound shell at 45.00.

In 1818, James C. Neilson entered into a contract with the United States Army to go to Europe for certain implements and materials for the use of the armories.

Jacob Richards of Cecil county of Maryland went into a contract wit the Department of War to manufacture and deliver within two years 35 thousand musket stocks at 25 cents each.

In 1818, Daniel Bussard entered into a contract to manufacture and deliver within three years 39, 572 pounds of gunpowder.

On February 4, 1815, Randolph Ross of Montgomery county of Virginia entered into a contract to deliver 200thousand pounds of gunpowder at 55 cents a pound.

On August 15, 1818, William and John Clark entered into a contract for 120 light 6 pounders and 60 24 pound howitzers.

Note. All these contracts are all to long to put here but if you would like to see the full report just ask.

On July 28, 1817, Alexander McRae of Richmond Virginia to manufacture 10 thousand stands of arms.

Peter Townsend had a contract for cannons.

Asa Waters to manufacture 10 thousand stands of arms with bayonets.

Colonel James Johnson of Great Crossing, Scott county of Kentucky, to manufacture 30 thousands pounds of good cannon powder.

On January 5, 1819, Nathan Starr Jr., of Middletown in the State of Connecticut to manufacture 10 thousand sabers for the cavalry and 4 thousand swords for the infantry or artillery.

Robert Dingee of Yonkers New York. To manufacture 2 thousand sets of accoutrements for infantry with buff belts and breastplate of bass at $3., dollars per set.

J. Lukens & Sons of Philadelphia 3 thousand sets of accoutrements for the infantry at $2.62 dollars a set.

On December 17, 1812, Eli Whitney of New Haven Connecticut to manufacture 15 thousand stands (Muskets.)

These names were under contract with the War Department to manufacture muskets also known as stands.

Date of contract, name, State, Years of contract, Number of muskets.

1. June 30, 1818, W. I. I. Henry, Pennsylvania, 5., 10,000.

2. July 13, 1818, Goetz & Westphall, Pennsylvania, 5., 2,500.

3. July 20, 1818, John Miles, New Jersey, 5., 9200.

4. July 20, 1818, Winner, Nippes & Co., Pennsylvania, 5., 9,000.

5. September 10, 1818, Waters & Whitmore, Massachusetts, 5., 5,000.

6. September 10, 1818, Ethan Stillman, Connecticut, 5., 2,500.

7. October 13, 1818, Daniel Gilbert, Massachusetts, 5., 5,000.

8. October 20, 1818, French, Blake & Kinsley, Massachusetts, 5., 4,000.

9. October 21, 1818, I & C. C. Barstow, New Hampshire, 5. 2,500..

10. October 21, 1818, Wheeler & Morrison, Virginia, 5., 2,500.

11. October 25, 1818, Oliver Bidwell, Connecticut, 5., 4,000.

12. October 25, 1818, O. E. Evans, Pennsylvania, 5., 4,000.

13. October 25, 1818, Stephen Jenks & Sons, Rhode Island, 5., 4,000.

14. October 29, 1818, R. & C. Leonard, Massachusetts, 5., 5,000.

15. October 31,1818, A. & P. Bartlrt, Massachusetts, 5., 2,500.

16. October 31, 1818, Rufus Perkins, Massachusetts, 5., 2,500.

17. November 1, 1818, I. I.& N. Brooks, Pennsylvania, 5. 4,000.

18. November 9, 1818, W. & H. Shannon, Pennsylvania, 5. 4,000.

19. November 13, 1810, Sweet, Jenks & Sons, Rhode Island, 5., 3,000.

On July 17, 1818, Richard Harris of Richmond Virginia, was under contract with the War Department and was to construct or cause to be constructed at Dauphin Island, Mobile Bay a fort.

On July 20, 1818, James Bennett and Peter Morte of Washington was under contract with the Department of War, to construct or cause to be constructed a fort or forts in the vicinity of Chef Menteur and Rigolet Passes and Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana.

On July 25, 1818, Elijah Mix of New York was under contract with the War Department to deliver 150 thousand Perch stone from the bank of York River in Virginia and the Riprap Shoals in Hampton Road Virginia.

On November 5, 1818, Thomas Maguire to deliver to Pea Patch Island 20 thousand bushels of Lime.

These individuals had contracts with the War Department to supply Rations to the troops of the United States Army.

1. January 1, 1815, Robert M. Penoyer, within the State of New Jersey at 16 cents and 8 mills, per ration.

2. January 1, 1815, James Morrison, within the State of Illinois, Missouri, Indiana Territories at 17 to 36 cents per ration.

3. January 10, 1815, Peter H. Green, within the State of Massachusetts at 19 cents per ration.

4. January 14, 1815, John Swartwout, within the State of Vermont and its Northern vicinities and part of New York, North of West Point and its Northern and Western vicinities at 19 cents and 19 cents and 5 mills per ration.

5. January 16, 1815, Matthew L. Davis, within part of New York and South of the Highlands including West Point at 16 cents and 7 mills per ration.

6. January 20, 1815, John Byers, within the State of Connecticut and Rhode Island at 17 cents per ration.

7. January 20, 1815, Ward & Johnson, Mississippi Territory and Louisiana at 15 and a half too 17 and a half cents per ration.

8. February 13, 1818, Peutland, Hegins & Steels Michigan Territory and the vicinity of the upper lakes and the State of Ohio at 16 and a half to 25 cents per ration and Pennsylvania at 17 too 18 cents per ration.

9. March 1, 1815, Charles Tyler Jr., State of Virginia at 15 cents per ration.

10. March 1, 1815, James Roddey, State of South Carolina at 20 cents per ration.

11. March 9, 1815, Polk, Walker and Williams, States of Kentucky and Tennessee at 14 too 15 cents per ration.

12. March 22, 1815, Peter H. Green, State of New Hampshire, District of Maine and their Northern vicinities at 18 cents and 7 and a half mill per ration.

13. May 1, 1815, Benjamin G. Orr, State of Delaware and Maryland and the District of Columbia at 16 too 17 and a half cents per ration.

14. May 25, 1815, Joseph Hutchinson, the State of Georgia and its Southern vicinity 17 too 17 and a half cents.

May 25, 1815, Jarvis and Brown, the State of North Carolina at 17 and a half cents.

Unexecuted contracts for the Commissary Department.

1. January 31, 1815, Lewis Ghrisky, to deliver 100 rifles with equipments complete at 17., dollars each.

2. February 9, 1815, J. Joseph Henry, 2,277 stands of arms at $14.25 each.

3. February 14, 1815, Daniel Henkel, 1,700 stands of arms at $14.25 each.

4. February 24, 1815, Lewis Enters, 8,000 rifle stocks at 25 cents each.

5. April 27, 1815, Lewis Enters, powder horns at 90 cents each.

6. August 14, 1815, Owen and Edward Evans, 25 stands of arms at $14.25 each.

7. February 26, 1814, James Rundlett, 20,000 yards 6-4 blue cloth at 3 dollars per yard.

8. December 1, 1814, Daniel Bussard, 15,000 blankets at $3.50 each.

Contracts for the Ordnance Service.

1. January 24, 1815, Peter Townsend, 500 tons of Iron casting, cannon and shot.

2. February 4, 1815, Randolph Ross, 200,000 pounds of gunpowder.

3. February 15, 1815, Charles Munns, 6000 pounds of gunpowder.

4. February 16, 1815, Elias Earle, 10,ooo stands of arms.

5. March 10, 1815, Wirt and Clarke, 300 tons of Iron casting, cannon and shot.

Renewal of contracts for cannon, cannon shot, muskets &c.

Feb. 3, 1821, McClurgs & McKnight, for cannon.
April 3, 1821, Henry Deringer, for rifles.
July 19, 1822, M. T. Wickham, for muskets.
Aug. 1 & 15, 1822, Eli Whitney, for muskets.
May 17, 1823, Lemuel Pomeroy, for muskets.
Aug. 28, 1823, Henry Deringer, for muskets.
Oct. 16, 1823, Asa Waters, for muskets.
Dec. 9, 1823, M. T. Wickham, for muskets.
Dec. 9, 1823, Nathan Starr, for rifles.
Dec. 10, 1823, R. & J. D. Johnson, for rifles.
Dec. 10, 1823, Simeon North, for rifles.

Here are some contractors for the years of 1829-30.
It is not stated what was the contract was for just that they were contractors.

1. Barr & Lodwick.
2. Henry & David Cotheal.
3. John H. Canby & Co.
4. Dinismore Kyle & Co.
5. Hugh Glenn.
6. Alpheus Hyatt.
7. William & John James.
8. John O. Lay.
9. Enoch C. March.
10. Merwin Giding & Co.
11. O. & W. New Berry.
12. John Ramsey.
13. H. C. Simmons.
14. Larkin M. Tarrant.
15. R. R. Waldron.
16. G. B. Wilson & Co.
17. Yarnall & Mitchell.
18. William Yeaton.
19. R. B. Addison
20. Egbert W. Carson.
21. Thomas S. Clark.
22. Thomas Cochram.
23. John K. Graham.
24. Joseph Goodman.
25. James Hair.
26. R. Harrison.
27. David Henning.
28. Gurdon Huntington.
29. Jacob Kauffman.
30. E. Kirkpatrick.
31. John B. Lindsey.
32. James Norris.
33. Alfred Pitkin.
34. Robetaille & Tarho.
35. J. M. Smith.
36. John S. Steinmetz.
37. George Terry.
38. John P. Wade.

Here are contractors for the years of 1835-36.
It is not stated what kind of contractors they were.

1. James & Robert Aull. 2. Samuel & Isaac Bell. 3. Henry & David Cotheal. 4. Samuel T. Cross. 5. Hempstead & Beebo. 6. Hill & McGunnegle. 7. William & John James. 8. Charles Newberry. 9. Venanclo Sanches. 10. Joseph L. Sanford. 11. William Stewart. 12. Joseph G. Sise. 13. Francis J. Smith. 14. Joseph Smith. 15. Turnham Arthur & Co. 16. G. B. Wilson. 17. Asa Ames. 18. E. B. Armstrong & Co. 19. Henry Campbell. 20. John C. Campbell 21. T. B. Carter. 22. Henry Cassidy. 23. Cassidy & McGuigan. 24. Hunter Crane & Co. 25. E. S. Comstock. 26. Benjamin Dann. 27. Patrick Foster. 28. James Graham. 29. John K. Graham. 30. Elliott Gray. 31. Samuel Humes Jr. 32. Samuel Johnston Co. 33. Robert Kemper. 34. John Kinney. 35. Richard Langdon. 36. Moody & Doty. 37. Luther Parks & Co. 38. L. O. Phinney. 39. William K. Potter. 40. Joshua L. Rice. 41. John J. Salvage. 42. J. L. Sanford. 43. H. B. Sherman & Co. 44. Edward Shower. 45. W. W. Tredway 46. M. D. Wheeler Co. 47. Jacob Wiest.

Navy Contractors.

The navy had a contract with the Furnace Hope Company for cannons, the owners were:
John Brown, Obadiah Brown, Jabez Brown, Brown, John Francis, Rufus Hopkins, Nicholas Power and Ives.

Samuel Hughes of Harford county, in the State of Maryland on the behalf of the Cecil Company. Will deliver to the War Department 24 Iron cannons to carry nine pounds balls, and other size cannons and balls.

In 1799-1801, the navy was to make six 74 gun ships some of the contractors were:

Cannons.
Henry Foxall.
Samuel Hughes.
William Lane.

Copper.
Cacob Lownes.
Jacob Marks.
N. J. Roosevelt.
Stephen Higginson and Co. purchased copper to be manufactured by Paul Revere.

Navy contracts of 1812-1814-1815.

1. Jan. 11, 1815, Joshua Forman, round shot and grape shot.

2. Jan. 14, 1815, Peter Townsend, cannon and carronades with beds.

3. Jan. 16, 1815,Joshua Forman, 750 barrels of beef and 750 of pork.

4. March 15, 1815, John Clark and William Wirt, 175 tons of cannon and carronades.

5. March 20, 1815, John E. Dorsey, 300 tons of cannons.

6. April 14, 1815. Patience Minchin, 2,000 pairs of shoes.

7. June 29-July26, 1815, 130,000 pounds of navy bread.

8. July 26, 1815, Robinson and Attwood

9. Nov. 1, 1815, James Foyles, 1,200 barrels of beef and 800 of pork.

10. Dec. 15, 1814, Henry Eckford and Adam and Noah Brown.

1. April 12, 1812, Benjamin J. Neal.
2. July 11, 1812, Richard Love and Henry Forrest.
3. Sept. 4, 1812, P. Magruder and William Lindsay
4. Nov. 21, 1812, Thomas Lindsay.
5. Dec. 23, 1812, Henry M. Armistead.

In January 1815, Allen & Leonard entered into a contract with Commodore Chauncey, acting for the Navy Department, to deliver 40,000 gallons of “ Good whisky “ at Sackett’s Harbor at 90 cents per gallon, and the original cost of the casks.

Navy contractors for 1816.

1. Nathan Starr 2. Lemuel Pope Jr. 3. John Pigeon 4. John Watkins 5. John Mason 6. Edward Livingston 7. Elijah & Thomas Swift 8. John Snow 9. E. J. Dupont de Nemours & Co. 10. Decatur & Atterbury 11. Levi Hollingworth 12. Benjamin & John Hersey 13. George Long 14. William Veaton 15. Edward Stone 16. E. A. Winchester 17. David Wilson.

Navy contractors for 1817.

1. Joel Bunce 2. William Bowhay 3. Isaac S. Middleton 4. Thomas Spalding 5. Robert E. Griffith 6. Nathaniel Wattes 7. A. Bull, P. Herron, J. Hopkins, W. Truss, T. Hoggard, C. Grice 8. Nathaniel P. Tatem 9. John F. Tice 10. Ebenezer Thompson 11. Hugh Lindsey 12. Athanasius Fenwick 13. Sweepson Whitehead 14. Ralph Bulkey 15. James Brisban 16. Charles Ridgley 17. G. Sanford & R. S. Reed.

Note. As I said earlier there are so many names there is no way to put down all the information so if you see a name and would like to know what they were manufacturing just ask I will be happy to look it up for you.

Contracts for 1816.

1. Jan. 15, 1816, Nathan Starr, for ship cutlasses.
2. Feb. 12, 1816, Lemuel Pope Jr.
3. May 9, 1816, John Pigeon.
4. June 1, 1816, John Watkins.
5. June 1, 1816, John Mason.
6. June 14, 1816, Edward Livingston.
7. Aug. 7, 1816, Elijah and Thomas Swif.
8. Aug. 13, 1816, John Snow
9. Aug. 22, 1816, E. J. Dupont de Nemours & Co.
10. Sept. 4, 1816, Decatur and Atterbury for 2,300 bolts of canvass.
11. Sept. 16, 1816, Levi Hollingsworth.
12. Oct. 2, 1816, Benjamin and John Hersey.
13. Oct. 2, 1816, George Long.
14.Oct. 3, 1816, William Yeaton.
15. Oct. 9, 1816, Edward Stone.
16. Oct. 24, 1816, E and A. Winchester.
17. Nov. 5, 1816, David Wilson.

Contracts for 1817.

1. Jan. 1, 1817, Joel Bunce, for rations at 20 cents each.
2. Jan. 6, 1817, Edward Stone, for 500 barrels of pork at $19., per barrel.
3. Jan. 10, 1817, Henry Eckford, for timber.
4. Jan. 27, 1817, William Bowhay, for a machine he invented and patented by him called the Bowhay’s Dorvelling machine at $100., dollars.
5. March 19, 1817, Isaac S. Middleton, for building a warehouse at $3,200, dollars.
6. April 3, 1817, Thomas Spalding, for timber.
7. April 5, 1817, Robert E. Griffith, for copper rods & bolts.
8. April 9, 1817, William M’Kenney, for 500 barrels of bread.
9. April 10, 1817, Thomas Foyles, for rations.
10. May 4, 1817, Nathaniel Wattles.
11. June 7, 1817, A. Bull, P. Herron, J. Hopkins, W. Truss, T. Hoggard and C. Grice, for timber.
12. June 9, 1817, Elijha Swif, for timber.
13. June 9, 1817, Nathaniel P. Tatem, for timber.
14. June 10 1817, John F. Tice, for timber.
15. ---1817, Ebenezer Thompson, for timber.
16. Aug. 29, 1817, Hugh Lindsey, for timber.
17. Sept. 1, 1817, William Cammack, for timber.
18. Sept. 5, 1817, Athanasius Fenwick, for timber.
19. Sept. 17, 1817, Sweepson Whitehead, for timber.
20. Sept. 23, 1817, Ralph Bulkey, for timber.
21. Sept. 27, 1817, James Murphy, for timber.
22. Nov. 1, 1817, James Brisban, for timber.
23. Nov. 7, 1817, William M’Kenney, for 1,100 barrels of bred at $4.50 per every 100 pounds.
24, Nov. 26, 1817, Charles Ridgely, for 60 tons of Iron at $124., per ton.
25. Dec. 1, 1817, G. Sanford & R. S. Reed, for 21,926 pounds of bread at 5 and a half cents per pound., 12,133 pounds prime salt beef at 6 and a half cents per pound., 10,733 pounds of pork at 7 and a half per pound., 3,466 pounds of flour at 3 and a half per pound., 1,300 pounds of cheese at 12 and a half cents per pound., 433 pounds of butter at 20 cents per pound., 433 gallons of peas at 25 cents per gallon., 216 and a half gallons of molasses at $100. Per gallon., 216 and a half gallons of vinegar at $50., per gallon., 1,516 and a half gallons of whiskey at 87 and a half per gallon.