A Report on Status of Ammunition Shipments
Document 1793Reports on shipment of family stores loaded by Colonel Nevill, shipment of powder, fuses, paper for Mr. O'Hara, lead, and musket balls.
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Philadelphia. 7 Sep 1793
[Sir]
I write to advise you having then
after left this for Philadelphia having
a charge about for a [undecipherable] hundred
weight of family [undecipherable] flour [undecipherable] by
Colonel [undecipherable] to your order for two
twenty half [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
half of which are left, and also two bbl
bbl Vinegar. I have had the whole
carefully selected from our [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] on the Magazine, carefully [undecipherable]
and preserved under good [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] of [undecipherable] as evidence [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] that
it will go a long in good [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
have [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at my [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] it [undecipherable]
in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] at the [undecipherable] of the time [undecipherable] in [undecipherable]
that [undecipherable] from any [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at
[undecipherable] not [undecipherable] to arrive with you
[undecipherable] at [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of the usual [undecipherable] at
I pray to [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] —
has also with him a [undecipherable] containing
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Description
Reports on shipment of family stores loaded by Colonel Nevill, shipment of powder, fuses, paper for Mr. O'Hara, lead, and musket balls.
Date
02/07/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1793020736001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Isaac Craig
Samuel Hodgdon
James Hamilton
Colonel Nevill
Mr. O'Hara
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Notable items
powder
fuses
paper
lead
musket balls
family stores
shipment
rifle powder
musket powder
magazine
sheet lead

