Additional Houses
Document 1791The present buildings, independent ot those holding public stores, will not contain more than twenty men. Four or five additional houses therefore must be built. Armstrong has directed the logs to be cut so if Hodgdon can furnish a [?] for two or three days the houses can be completed. Two or more carpenters might be necessary.
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[Samuel Hodgdon Esqr
Fort Washington]
[Endorsement: No [undecipherable] [undecipherable: Armytage] [undecipherable]]
Fort Washington 13 Novemr 1791
having received an Invoice of the [undecipherable]th [undecipherable: Inst]
[undecipherable] to Mr Sands [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] in that [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] I shall [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] every attention in my [undecipherable] —
I want for the use of the Garrison
a [undecipherable], two [undecipherable] a number of [undecipherable]
of other [undecipherable: Plains], two [undecipherable] Augurs of
different Sizes — Chisels for the purpose of
Cutting Loopholes, two Gouges, some Gimbletts
with Window Glass for the Officers Quarters —
The present buildings independent
of those containing Public Stores will not contain
more than thirty Men for a few hours —
must therefore be built in addition [undecipherable]
direct therefore to be cut [undecipherable] you [undecipherable]
a [undecipherable] for this in three Days [undecipherable] it may
[undecipherable] be completed — [undecipherable] no Store
Store but the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for
nothing — this [undecipherable] has more [undecipherable]
or more might be [undecipherable] —
I am Sir your obt Servt
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
Please to send me, for the use of the Garrison
[undecipherable] of Paper & Some Wafers —
[undecipherable] two guns [undecipherable] of Capt
Smith in [undecipherable] Returns, and
am now nearly out —
[undecipherable: Jos] Armytage
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
The present buildings, independent ot those holding public stores, will not contain more than twenty men. Four or five additional houses therefore must be built. Armstrong has directed the logs to be cut so if Hodgdon can furnish a [?] for two or three days the houses can be completed. Two or more carpenters might be necessary.
Date
11/13/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Hamilton
Repository
Document number
1791111380001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Captain John Armstrong
carpenters
quartermaster general
Notable locations
Fort Washington
Fort Hamilton
Ohio
officer's quarters
Notable items
buildings
public stores
houses
logs
quartermaster stores
garrison
adzes
augers
chisel
gimlet
window glass
paper
returns
wafers
