Twelve Pounders Fitted to Their Carriages, Etc.

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Twelve Pounders Fitted to Their Carriages, Etc.

Description

Major Fleming is asked to send the twelve pounders fitted with their carriages with all convenient speed to Major Houdin. Hodgdon does not know which of the howitzers at Albany is intended for Houdin.

year created

1798

month created

05

day created

21

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

in image

notable person/group

George Fleming
Samuel Hodgdon
Major [Michael] Houdin

notable location

Philadelphia
Albany

notable item/thing

12 pounders
carriages
8 inch howitzer
guns
brass ordnance

document number

1798052128255

page start

96

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: 96

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient George Fleming [unknown] [n/a]