United States Army, Quartermaster Corps. invoices
Military Invoice of the United States Army
Collection area: Political Affairs
Collection dates: 1849
Contains two holograph duplicate invoices for building materials and tools sent for the construction of "the Forton the River Gila." The invoices were signed and dated by Bvt. Lt. Col. S. McRee, Quartermaster, U.S. Army, St. Louis, Mo. on May 12 and June 7, 1849. The invoice dated June 7 consists of one leaf; that of May 12, consists of three pages. The lists include weights and quantities for diverse items such as quarry picks, wheel segments, paint brushes, cooking stoves, door locks, glue and glue pots, grind stones, linseed oil, plows, window glass, plugs of feathers, and white lead. Items were sent to an unnamed "Acting Quartermaster," and items not received were so noted.
These documents are signed "MacRee," although official army records give the spelling of this officer's name as "McRee."
Invoices related to materials used in the construction of one of the early forts on the Gila River.
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