Powder and Saltpeter Sold, Contracts Received, Shifts Needed
Document 1787Per Knox's letter of the 9th, Price has weighed and delivered to Mr. Hensler all the damaged powder. It weighed 25276 pounds. Price weighed and delivered to Mr. Pitkin the saltpeter, per Knox's letter of the 5th. Receipts enclosed. Price will work to comply with the contracts enclosed in Knox's other letter of the 5th. If the shifts being made for Captain Molly are done, Price hopes Knox will send them because she is in need of them.
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Per Knox's letter of the 9th, Price has weighed and delivered to Mr. Hensler all the damaged powder. It weighed 25276 pounds. Price weighed and delivered to Mr. Pitkin the saltpeter, per Knox's letter of the 5th. Receipts enclosed. Price will work to comply with the contracts enclosed in Knox's other letter of the 5th. If the shifts being made for Captain Molly are done, Price hopes Knox will send them because she is in need of them.
Date
06/12/1787
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Collection
Document number
1787061240055
Page start
19
Note
Cites Knox to Price, 06/09/1787, 06/05/787, and 06/05/1787.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
William Price
Hensler
Major Doughty
Pitkin
James Morrow
Mannon
Captain Molly
Margaret Corbin
Notable locations
West Point
Notable items
damaged powder
weighed
saltpeter
saltpetre
salt peter
receipts
contract
shifts
clothing