Request for Two Mahogany balls
Document 1794Knox requested two mahogany balls; one for a 24 pounder, one for a 32 pounder. Possibly as templates for cannon balls.
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Dear Sir
Be pleased to have two mahogany balls instantly turned, so that I may have them by nine tomorrow Morning One for 24 pounder and the other for 32 pounder according to muller — Return me Mr Coxe's letter
Yours H Knox
afternoon 9 July 1794.
Col Hodgdon —
[address leaf: S Hodgdon Esqr / No 71 / [undecipherable] Dealer Street]
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Knox requested two mahogany balls; one for a 24 pounder, one for a 32 pounder. Possibly as templates for cannon balls.
Date
07/09/1794
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Recipient
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Document number
1794070900301
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Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Henry Knox