Arms, Powder, & Implements to Goat Island & Capt. Littlefield

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Arms, Powder, & Implements to Goat Island & Capt. Littlefield

Description

Hodgdon describes his plans for sending cannon to Goat Island and powder and implements to Capt. Littlefield.

year created

1798

month created

08

day created

23

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

sent to location

Cecil Furnace

in image

notable person/group

Joseph Elliott
Samuel Hodgdon
Capt. William Littlefield
Colonel [Ebenezer] Stevens

notable location

Cecil Furnace
Philadelphia
Providence
Goat Island
New York

notable item/thing

cannon
calibers
magazine
cannon powder
implements for all the pieces
guns

document number

1798082318255

page start

192

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: 192

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient Joseph Elliot Cecil Furnace [n/a]