Requests Information about Arms and Musket Manufacture

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Requests Information about Arms and Musket Manufacture

Description

Requests information from Captain Ames: establishment expenditures, annual number of arms manufactures and repairs, and the average cost for musket manufacture. Requests a prompt response.

year created

1799

month created

01

day created

25

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

sent to location

Springfield

in image

note

Cited in Williams to Hodgdon, 02/04/1799.

cited note

Cited document sent from the War Office

notable person/group

Joseph Williams
Samuel Hodgdon
Captain Ames

notable location

Springfield
Philadelphia

notable item/thing

Arms
Muskets

document number

1799012528455

page start

355

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: 355

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient Joseph Williams Springfield [n/a]