Musket & Rifle Powder
Document 1794Sixty barrels of musket powder and forty barrels of rifle powder forwarded to Pittsburgh are to be considered part of the estimate of the ordnance of the present year.
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[Major Stagg
21 March
1794
Powders go to the
Army]
[Samuel Hodgdon Esq.]
March 31 1794.
Sir.
The fixty barrels of Musket and Forty of Rifle powder mentioned in yours of this day as already forwarded to Pittlaury are to be considered as part of the estimate of Ordnance Stores wanted for the present year — The remainder of the supplies the Secretary of War requests may be furnished so as to complete the requisition from head quarters —
Sincerely Yours —
[undecipherable] Stagg Jun
[undecipherable] M.D.
Samuel Hodgdon Esq.
I have no information as yet respecting the shoes — I did not forget my promise to you yesterday —
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Sixty barrels of musket powder and forty barrels of rifle powder forwarded to Pittsburgh are to be considered part of the estimate of the ordnance of the present year.
Date
03/31/1794
Author
Recipient
Document number
1794033115201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Stagg, Jr.
Secretary of War
Henry Knox
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
headquarters
Notable items
supplies
requisitions from headquarters
musket powder
rifle powder
ordinance stores

