Ordnance to be Sent to Melancton Smith

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Ordnance to be Sent to Melancton Smith

Description

Hodgdon lists the ordnance that Capt. Bryant is to send to Melancton Smith in New York.

year created

1798

month created

05

day created

03

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

in image

note

Cited in Bryant to Hodgdon, 05/17/1798.

cited note

Cited document sent from the War Office

notable person/group

[John] Bryant
Samuel Hodgdon
Melancton Smith

notable location

Philadelphia
New York

notable item/thing

eight inch howitzers
six pounders
three pounder brass ordnance
carriages and implements
one pound ball
eighteen pounder
four pounder
five and a half inch shells
eight inch shells
freight
artillery service

document number

1798050328255

page start

79

number of pages

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (560 pages) BJA01 (560 pages) Collection: Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99. P: 79

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient John Bryant [unknown] [n/a]