Cease the Reduction of Copper Bolts
Document 1796Pickering directs a halt in reducing copper bolts because this practice may result in spoiling the temper of the bolts.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Pickering directs a halt in reducing copper bolts because this practice may result in spoiling the temper of the bolts.
Date
01/27/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Collection
Document number
1796012700001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Jackson
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of the Treasury
Notable locations
War Office
Notable items
an account in which there is a large sum charged for reducing copper bolts
danger of spoiling the temper of the bolts
monstrously expensive and not necessary
large bolts are to be used