Intends to Prove Ordnance; Request for Three Pound Balls
Document 1793Proctor intends to prove some ordnance and says he needs 25 three-pound balls.
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[undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable: Samuel Hodgdon?]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable: Major?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
1.
I am intending to procure [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
of [undecipherable] — the late Cartridge of Mr [undecipherable: King?] —
— the [undecipherable] Magazin on the Bank of the
[undecipherable: Schuylkill?] o[r] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] to see you [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
you will please to [undecipherable: give?] 25 three pound ball
[undecipherable: half?] a barrel of [undecipherable: Musquetoe?] and two [undecipherable: portfires?]
I am Sir
your Obd Servt
Tho: [undecipherable: Proctor?]
[undecipherable: Pensy?] [undecipherable: June?] 8th 1793
Major S. Hodgdon
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Proctor intends to prove some ordnance and says he needs 25 three-pound balls.
Date
03/08/1793
Author
Recipient
Document number
1793030880001
Page start
1
Note
Largely illegible. Some of the document is torn/missing.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Thomas Proctor
Mr. King
Notable locations
powder magazines
Bank of Schuylkill
Notable items
prove
ordnance
castings
powder magazines
three pound ball
hank
slow match
portfires