Purchase of salt petre
Document 1794Tench Coxe of the Revenue Office informs the Treasury Secretary that a purchase of salt petre was effected on the 13th at Providence, Rhode Island, at 18 dollars per pound for a quantity amounting to about 22 tons. This, with the commission, will be near 9000 dollars. The whole is payable in 15 days at the Bank of Providence.
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Type
Printed Document
Description
Tench Coxe of the Revenue Office informs the Treasury Secretary that a purchase of salt petre was effected on the 13th at Providence, Rhode Island, at 18 dollars per pound for a quantity amounting to about 22 tons. This, with the commission, will be near 9000 dollars. The whole is payable in 15 days at the Bank of Providence.
Date
06/20/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Treasury Department
Collection
Document number
1794062090000
Note
LC, RG 75, Letter of Tench Coxe, Commissioner of the Revenue, Relating to the Procurement of Military, Naval, and Indian Supplies.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Tench Coxe
Notable locations
Treasury Department
Revenue Office
Providence
Rhode Island
Notable items
Salt petre
dollars
tons
Bank
Bank of Providence