Keeping the Powder Free from Waste & Damage

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Keeping the Powder Free from Waste & Damage

Description

Hodgdon explains the measures necessary to keep the powder free from waste and damage.

year created

1798

month created

11

day created

17

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

in image

notable person/group

William Crafts
Samuel Hodgdon
Secretary of War [McHenry]
Mr. [Daniel] DeSaussure

notable location

Philadelphia

notable item/thing

powder
barrels
price of the casks
white oak staves
copper hoops
small swell
lung [?] hole

document number

1798111728155

page start

285

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:285

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient William Crafts [unknown] [n/a]