Scope and Content: The quartermaster general was the main provisioning agent of the militia for ordnance, munitions, equipment, tents, and uniforms.  An annual return was prepared in December or January to provide the governor, as commander-in-chief, with information about military preparedness, which was then forwarded to the General Court.
Arrangement: Includes two additional subseries: (1) Returns of town arsenals, 1803 and 1810 (2) Returns of balances of muskets, accouterments, ammunition due from towns and individuals to the Commonwealth, 1815-1816; Arranged chronologically, 1800-1815. –arranged within each subseries chronologically
Notes: Returns for 1802 and 1811 lacking.  From 1816 see: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. House/Senate unpassed legislation ((M-Ar)230/231), or, after the 1821 closure of the quartermaster general’s office: Massachusetts. Adjutant General’s Office. Annual returns of the militia ((M-Ar)449X) (1823, 1826-1828)
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