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Title
John Agnew account book.
Other Title
Revolutionary War manuscript record book, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Supplying Washington's army
Supplying Washington's army
Produced
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1775-1788.
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 volume (118 pages) ; 16 cm
Call Number
MSS 2025 F006
Summary
Manuscript account book kept by John Agnew, a Carlisle, Pennsylvania, merchant who served as clerk of the quarter sessions, justice of the peace in Cumberland County, member of the Cumberland County Committee of Correspondence, and later judge of the Court of Common Pleas. The volume records court-related fees, tavern licenses, writs, judgments, sales of state and United States lottery tickets, receipts, marriage license payments, and local accounts. Several entries relate to the provisioning and transportation of supplies during the American Revolution, including a "Provision Acct. commencing 4th July 1777" with payments for liquor, flour, salt, soap, wood, and whiskey, and later entries for pork and beef. The volume also includes lists of local men, possibly wagoners, associated with the movement of supplies from Carlisle, an important logistical center for the Continental Army and Pennsylvania militia. A July 27, 1775 entry records Agnew's purchase of four hogsheads of tobacco from "Col. Washington," identified as William Augustine Washington, George Washington's nephew.
Note
Manuscript account book kept by John Agnew of Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Entries date chiefly from July 1775 to September 1777, with additional entries from 1778 to 1788.
Title devised by cataloger.
Entries date chiefly from July 1775 to September 1777, with additional entries from 1778 to 1788.
Title devised by cataloger.
Source of Acquisition
Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Purchase 2025
Historical Data
John Agnew (approximately 1732-1790) was a merchant in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He served as a provincial justice of the peace beginning in 1770 and retained that office under Pennsylvania's Revolutionary government. During the American Revolution he also served as clerk of the quarter sessions and as a member of the Cumberland County Committee of Correspondence. In 1784, Agnew was appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
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