Arrival of Six-Pounders & Three-Pounders
Document 1794Bray announces the arrival of 15 brass six-pounders and 10 brass three-pounders with carriages. He has arranged for the use of 24 two-horse wagons to convey them on.
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[Letter from John Wray / dd to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] / A.D. 19 August 1794 / Answd [undecipherable] 95 [undecipherable]]
[J M Benner / Philadelphia]
[Colo [undecipherable] Morga / forwarding]
[recd Augt 30]
Munajunk 19 Aug 1794
Sir
Fifteen Brass 6 Pounders 10 ditto 3 Pound-ers wth their Carriages compleat arrived here yesterday afternoon, I procured 25 the. Horse Waggons which number I found necessary to convey them on and have this day forwarded the whole of them especially by your request, they came without any Return or instructions or address whatever, I wrote Major Huns this day giving him information of their being forwarded on. In order to determine what would be a load I had a Carriage of a 6 Pounder — taken to the Public Scales & found it to weigh 12 Ct. The Guns belonging thereto weigh between 6 & 700 [undecipherable]. So the 6 Pound Guns & those Pound Carriages made a 2 [undecipherable] load from — a 3 Pound Gun with a Six Pound Carriage was about the Same weight, I have agreed to pay the Waggoners 30/ each to go to Trenton. I thought it advisable to give you this information so that you can make your farther arrangements.
I am Sir
with the due Respect
Your Mo. Hum Servt
John Wray
Colo Hodgdon
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Bray announces the arrival of 15 brass six-pounders and 10 brass three-pounders with carriages. He has arranged for the use of 24 two-horse wagons to convey them on.
Date
08/19/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New Brunswick
Document number
1794081980101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Bray
Major Hunt
wagoner
Notable locations
Philadelphia
New Brunswick
Trenton
Notable items
public scales
three pound gun
six pound carriage

