Stores Ordered
Document 1791Stores ordered, 5 1/2 shells to arrive shortly but won't be ready for campaign.
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War Department,
18th August 1798.
Sir,
I have received your two favors of the 6th and 11th of past —
I have nothing material to add to my former communications, excepting that all the Stores have been ordered as such have been [strikethrough: written for, agreeably to the within Schedule —] But it is extremely doubtful whether any Officers Stores can be obtained on this side of West point, from which place I expect them hourly, and they shall be forwarded instantly — but they cannot be in readiness for the Campaign —
I am
Sir,
Your humble
Henry Knox
Samuel Hodgdons Esqr.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Stores ordered, 5 1/2 shells to arrive shortly but won't be ready for campaign.
Date
08/18/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1791081800101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Henry Knox
Notable locations
War Department
West Point
Notable items
shells
stores
supplies
schedule
five and a half inch shells
campaign

