Requests for Cannon Cartridges made and transported to Cecil Furnace Maryland
Document 1796Nathan Jones conveys Secretary of War request that Hodgdon have 70 paper cannon cartridges made and transported to Cecil Furnace. In a related document, Mr LaCosta requests that models be made for making paper cartridges.
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War Office April 14. 1796
Sir
The Secretary of War requests that you will have made and transported to haut furnace Seventy proper Cannon Cartridges agreably to the dimensions which Mr. De Corta will furnish you with —
I am Sir
Your obd Servant
N. Stagg
Samuel Hodgson
[Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24, 1894. R.P.O. 401310]
[War Office 14 April 1796
relative to making
of Cannon for Cu
[undecipherable]]
[Samuel Hodgson Esq]
Francis La Corta requests Mr Hodgson to Cause to be turned one model in wood of 2 feet and half long and five inches and two tenths Diameter for making the paper Catridges he wants for Cecil furnace —
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Nathan Jones conveys Secretary of War request that Hodgdon have 70 paper cannon cartridges made and transported to Cecil Furnace. In a related document, Mr LaCosta requests that models be made for making paper cartridges.
Date
04/14/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1796041415001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Nathan Jones
LaCosta
Notable locations
War Office
Cecil Furnace
Principio Company
Maryland
Cecil County Maryland
Philadelphia
Notable items
cannon cartridges
forms or models for cannon cartridges
cannons
ordnance