Supplies for West Point
Document 1794Guns and ammunition to be transported for the fortification of West Point.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Guns and ammunition to be transported for the fortification of West Point.
Date
08/07/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1794080700201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
Superintendent military stores
Notable locations
War Department
Springfield
West Point
New York
fortification
Notable items
Brass six pounders with travelling carriages
traveling forges
three pounders without carriages
transported from the Arsenal
mounted
implements for the whole provided
dispatch
rounds of fixed ammunition
round and case shot with tubes
proportional quantity of portfires
prepared for each piece
whole provided with tumbuls, harness
apparatus
move at a moment's warning
travelling forges
5 1/2 inch howitzers mounted with implements, shells and one hundred rounds
shells
grape
ammunition waggons
camp equipage
axes
army
men
tents
musket cartridges transported from West Point
measures
powder
calibre of french arms
public stores
estimates
Secretary of the Treasury
tumbrils