Three Thousand Weight of Steel, Etc.
Document 1794[Partly illegible] Holt has just received three thousand weight of steel from Winchester.
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Sir New London Feb'r 21st 1794
Inclosed you will please receive a copy of an inventory of [those] sent [by] from this [place] on the 20th [last] to Winchester
[undecipherable] [Respibly?,] [undecipherable] Waggon [Infield?] to forward a [farther] [articles] within five or six days — [I] have [just] received nearly, three [thousand?] weight of Steel from [M...] [undecipherable] with [the] Borax, Brine & Sieves, and shall send in a few days for the [balance] of the [Articles] which [now] [arrived] here — [I] have [met] with unavoidable in [setting] the Boring Still to work the Shafts for the Wheels did not come to hand until [the] 22d [We] are now wanting [undecipherable] &, [yet] the [addition] [motion] — [I have] examined [in]to the state of a considerable quantity of
the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of [the] quality, [those] [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] fit for service
[In] [undecipherable,] [fire,] [sand] Salt [undecipherable,] new Manufacture has [not] [undecipherable] — I [shall] as soon as I can [make?] an [Essay] of [the] Strength of the Powder in Barrels [according] to [some] [Directions]
[I have] the honor to be
[with] great [respect]
[Your most] Ob'd [serv't]
[Humble,] obedient
[undecipherable signature]
[Endorsements and address on reverse panel:]
[undecipherable — The Secretary?]
[of War]
[Feb'r 21]
[Col?] [Anderson?]
[Letter] [relative]
[undecipherable]
[Administrative notation:]
[partly] [undecipherable]
[advanced?,] [obligation?/poligation?] [appears?]
[to] [the] [Established?] [undecipherable]
[Arms] &
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[undecipherable]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
[Partly illegible] Holt has just received three thousand weight of steel from Winchester.
Date
09/24/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New London
Document number
1794092480001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Thomas Holt
Mr. Smith
Notable locations
Philadelphia
New London
Notable items
copy of the inventory
wagons

