Estimate of Building and Repair
Document 1788Price encloses, per Knox's request, an estimate for the cost of repairing the long barracks for an arsenal of arms and the store in which the arms are currently deposited as well as building a stone wall around the redoubt of Fort Clinton. The foundation of the wall is to be four feet, which Price believes to be the minimum possible for such a heavy structure on gravelly soil. Price has employed a cooper to make two hundred powder casks, each of which will contain 100 pounds of powder, to be delivered in September.
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Letterbook
Description
Price encloses, per Knox's request, an estimate for the cost of repairing the long barracks for an arsenal of arms and the store in which the arms are currently deposited as well as building a stone wall around the redoubt of Fort Clinton. The foundation of the wall is to be four feet, which Price believes to be the minimum possible for such a heavy structure on gravelly soil. Price has employed a cooper to make two hundred powder casks, each of which will contain 100 pounds of powder, to be delivered in September.
Date
06/11/1788
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Collection
Document number
1788061140055
Page start
31
Notable persons
Henry Knox
William Price
cooper
Notable locations
West Point
Fort Clinton
barracks
Notable items
estimate of cost
repair
long barracks
arsenal of arms
store
arms
build a stone wall
wall
redoubt
height of the wall
foundation
ditch
gravelly soil
employed
powder casks
New York currency