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Return of Drivers Horses & Waggons furnished by the Quarter Master General, for the General and Staff Officers and the Several Corps and Detachments of the Army in the District of South Carolina By order of His Excellency the Commander in Chief 1st June 1780.
| Distribution |
Drivers |
Horses |
Waggons |
|
| Lieutenant General Earl CORNWALLIS |
3 |
12 |
3 |
| Brigadier General PATERSON |
1 |
4 |
1 |
| Deputy Adjutant General |
1 |
4 |
1 |
| Deputy Quarter Master General |
1 |
4 |
1 |
| Commissary General’s Department |
2 |
8 |
2 |
| Detachment with Earl CORNWALLIS |
35 |
172 |
35 |
| British Artillery |
4 |
42 |
4 |
| British Legion |
5 |
20 |
5 |
| Queens Rangers |
2 |
8 |
2 |
| South Carolina Royalists |
2 |
8 |
2 |
| North Carolina Regiment |
2 |
8 |
2 |
| Colonel FERGUSON’s Corps |
3 |
12 |
3 |
| Colonel BALFOURs Corps |
3 |
12 |
3 |
| Detachment of the 7th Regiment |
1 |
4 |
1 |
| Doctor SMITH |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| General Hospital |
3 |
12 |
3 |
| Lieutenant Colonel PATTINSON |
- |
1 |
- |
| Doctor FRASER a Guide |
- |
1 |
- |
| Major General KOSPOTH |
1 |
4 |
1 |
| Regiment de Huyne & Artillery |
3 |
15 |
3 |
| Regiment de Ditfourth & Artillery |
3 |
17 |
3 |
| At Monks Corner a Provision Train |
22 |
99 |
22 |
| Charlestown a Provision Train & for Town Duties |
38 |
168 |
38 |
|
136 |
637 |
136 |
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Recapitulation
133 large Waggons with 4 horses to each Waggon.
3 Small Waggons with 1 driver & 2 horses to each Waggon.
99 horses for Guides, Expresses, Waggon Masters & Conductors.
2 Clerks 18 Carpenters
1 Storekeeper 6 Blacksmiths
2 Waggon Masters 4 Collarmakers
19 Conductors 88 Batteauxmen
15 Ship Carpenters 69 Labourers
One Farrier
Hire of a large Waggon with 4 horses 21/. N.Y. Currency per day.
Hire of a small Ditto 2 horses 12/. NY Curry. per day.
Hire of a horse per day 3/. N York Currency.
I hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true State of the Quarter Master Generals Department in South Carolina as delivered into my Charge by Brigadier General DALRYMPLE Quarter Master General 1st June 1780.
Signed John McKINNON
Dy. Qr. Mr. General
A True Copy
W. DALRYMPLE
University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library, Sir Henry Clinton Papers, Volume 102, item 47.
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