Conestoga Wagons in Braddock's Campaign, 1755

by Donald H. Berkebile

[18] Ibid., ser. 1, vol. 2, Morris to Braddock, June 4, 1755.

[19] Orme's Journal, in Sargent, op. cit. (footnote 2), pp. 331-32. English wagons were equipped with pairs of shafts, similar to those of a spring wagon or buggy of recent times. Wagon shafts were, however, much heavier than the latter.

[20] Pennsylvania Archives, ser. 4, vol. 2, Morris to Braddock, June 12, 1755.

[21] R. Moore, The universal assistant, p. 205, New York, n. d. The weight of corn is given at 56 pounds per bushel, and oats at 32 pounds per bushel.

[22] One light wagon of about 1800 had smaller wheels, the front being 37 inches and the rear 49 inches in diameter.

[23] Pennsylvania Archives, ser. 1, vol. 3, advertisement of General Stanwix for wagons, May 4, 1759.

[24] Ibid.

[25] Will H. Lowdermilk, Edward Braddock's orderly books, Cumberland, 1880, p. 25.

[26] Seaman's Journal, in Sargent, op. cit. (footnote 2), p. 380.

[27] Lewis Burd Walker, ed., The settlement of the waggoners' accounts, 1899.