Ordnance & Military Stores
Document 1793Hodgdon is directed to examine the enclosed additional requisition for Ordnance and Military Stores and make a return for such articles that are on hand and make an estimate of the expense of those that are deficient.
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[Envelope or wrapper sheet. Address panel reads:]
His Excellency
[undecipherable]
No. 3
[underline: Gt Washing[ton]]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hodgdon is directed to examine the enclosed additional requisition for Ordnance and Military Stores and make a return for such articles that are on hand and make an estimate of the expense of those that are deficient.
Date
03/06/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1793030615201
Page start
4
Note
Enclosure: Return of Military Stores and Ordnance wanted on the Western Frontiers.
Enclosed in Stagg to Hodgdon, 03/09/1793.
Notable persons
John Stagg
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
howitzers, properly fortified
howitzer carriages
brown wrapping paper to wrap cartridges
coarse brown thread
sweet oil
aqua fortis
brass sheets
French musket lock limbs
vices