Bayonet for a French Musket
Document 1793Stagg sends a pattern bayonet for a French musket made by [Joseph] Cranch at West Point. The Secretary of War wants to be informed as to what price one thousand bayonets could be made for. It is understood that the bayonet will be without a scabbard and with a blade of steel.
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[Received from State D: Nov. 2. S.P.O.s—]
War-department, April 21. 1793
Sir,
I send you a pattern bayonet; for a french musket, made by Mr Lamah at West Point. The Secretary of war requests you will inform him to day, at what price about one thousand bayonets could be made for in this city, agreeably to the above Sample — It is to be understood that this bayonet is to be [undecipherable] a feabard, and the blade of Steel —
Yours Sincerely —
[undecipherable: H. Stagg?] Asst.
Samuel Hodgdon Esqt
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Stagg sends a pattern bayonet for a French musket made by [Joseph] Cranch at West Point. The Secretary of War wants to be informed as to what price one thousand bayonets could be made for. It is understood that the bayonet will be without a scabbard and with a blade of steel.
Date
04/21/1793
Author
Recipient
Document number
1793042180001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Stagg
Joseph Cranch
Secretary of War
Henry Knox
Notable locations
West Point
New York
Notable items
bayonets
French musket
steel
scabbard
blade