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Estimate. 36 Ship Carriages for 12 & 9 pounders, at 40 Dollars each, is . . . . . 1440. - 36 Seus implements complete for the above at 5 Dollars each . . . . . 180. - 2,400. Twelve pounder Shot [two text] 12. 17. at 60 Dollars a ton . . . . . 771. - 1200 Nine pounders d^o. 4. 6., at 60 Dollars . . . . . 258. - 13200 lbs. Powder, say 132 Barrels, at 70 Dollars a Barrel . . . . . 9,240. - 4 Iron Swivel Guns, at 8 Dollars . . . 32. - 50 Muskets & Bayonets Complete, at 13⅓ D^ols. 666. 67. 50 Pairs of Pistols, at 12 Dollars . . . 600. - 50 Boarding Cutlases with Scabbards, at 5 D^ols. 250. - Ammunition for the Muskets and Pistols, say 60. - 40 Lanthorns, at 1⅓ Dollar . . . . . 53. 33 Dols. 13,551. - Sir Philadelphia 29 Nov. 1796. The above embraces all the articles mentioned in your list, with the addition of Gun Carriages for Ships, Grape, Cannister and Bar Shot in suitable proportions should be added, if so on notice it shall be done — Sundry small articles as appendages to the above will be necessary, but their cost being inconsider- able I thought it unnecessary to insert them. your most Obedient Servant, Sam^l Hodgdon M^r Fox,

Type

Letterbook Copy

Description

Hodgdon sends Fox a revised estimate of ordnance and related stores for ships.

Date

11/29/1796

Author

Samuel Hodgdon

Recipient

Fox

Sent from

Philadelphia

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Register of Estimated Requirements for Military Supplies Kept by Samuel Hodgdon and William Irvine, Jan 1796-Feb 1805. (RG45)

Document number

1796112928155

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Notable persons

Fox

Samuel Hodgdon

Notable locations

Philadelphia

Notable items

estimate

ship carriages

implements

twelve pounder shot

nine pounder shot

powder

iron swivel guns

muskets

bayonets

pistols

boarding cutlasses

scabbards

ammunition

lanthorns

lanterns

grape shot

cannister shot

bar shot

sundry small articles