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Foreign News November 27, 1855

The Hillsdale Standard

Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan

What is this article about?

A mixed commission has nearly completed inventorying the stores and spoils found in Sebastopol after its capture, listing items like wagons, anchors, metals, machinery, and food supplies totaling significant quantities.

Merged-components note: The tables list items of booty that are described in the accompanying text on the fall of Sebastopol; sequential reading orders and spatial adjacency confirm they form one logical unit.

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The Booty Found in Sebastopol. The mixed commission, which was appointed to make up an inventory of the stores and spoils found in the town, has nearly concluded its labors. Several of the items are completed, and the figures have been given. There are—
There are a variety of other articles, such as marble statues, sphynxes, clocks, and other smaller matters. The above figures will, however, convey a tolerable notion of the state of affairs in the town before its final capture.
Wagons80
Pulleys400
Anchors of various kinds540
Anchors, yards260
Old ropes, lbs100,000
New do60,000
Water casks, number4000
Old sheathing copper105,000
Bar Iron and steel1,400,000
Iron wire400
Sheet Iron16,000
Red copper120,000
Tin plates14,000
Small boilers6,000
Large copper do100,000
Old copper100,000
Copper screws10,000
Old Iron180,000
Bells, number170,000
Hospital beds350
Iron forges140
Coal, tons2,000
Steam engines 30 horse power, number2
Ditto 12 horse power1
Ditto 10 do1
Iron Cranes18
Dredging machines2

Biscuit, tons520
Flour200
Barley10
Buckwheat116
Oats20
Millet54
Peas, lbs3,6000
Wheat, quarters600
Salt meat, tons60

What sub-type of article is it?

War Report Military Campaign

What keywords are associated?

Sebastopol Booty Inventory Spoils Captured Stores Crimean War Military Supplies Naval Equipment

Where did it happen?

Sebastopol

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Sebastopol

Outcome

inventory of captured stores and spoils including metals, machinery, and food supplies in significant quantities.

Event Details

The mixed commission appointed to inventory stores and spoils found in Sebastopol has nearly concluded its labors, with figures given for various items such as wagons, anchors, ropes, copper, iron, steam engines, and food provisions like biscuit and flour.

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