Knox directs Hodgdon to deliver artillery to Pennsylvania
Document 1794Knox asks that Hodgdon fill the Governor of Pennsylvania's request for artillery.
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War Department, April 4th 1794.
Sir
Please to deliver to the order of his Excellency the Governor of Pennsylvania, the four Long Brass Nine pound ers, with their carriages, implements and every apparatus to fit them for service at Fort Mifflin — And also a supply of ammunition for each gun —
I am Sir,
Your humble Servt
H Knox
Secy of War
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr
[Be pleased to deliver the Arms and Articles enumerated to Capt. Immel. [undecipherable: Store] to be transported to Presque Island
S Hodgdon Thos Mifflin [undecipherable]]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Knox asks that Hodgdon fill the Governor of Pennsylvania's request for artillery.
Date
04/04/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1794040400001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Henry Knox
Governor of Pennsylvania
Captain Samuel Fisher
Secretary of War
Notable locations
War Department
Fort Mifflin
Mud Island
Pennsylvania
Notable items
nine-pounders
artillery
request
ammunition
carriages
implements
apparatus
articles
guns

