Transporting Powder from Charleston
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Transporting Powder from Charleston
Description
Hodgdon recommends transporting the powder from Charleston in casks made specifically for that purpose rather than in the boxes in which it currently resides.
year created
1798
month created
10
day created
18
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
notable person/group
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Secretary of the Treasury [Oliver Wolcott, Jr.]
notable location
Philadelphia
Charleston
New York
Beaufort
notable item/thing
powder
boxes of an unportable size
suitable casks
barrels
document number
1798101828055
page start
253
number of pages
1
Item sets
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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: 253 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |