Request for Statement of Kentledge On Hand & Places Where it is Deposited

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[Docket notation on wrapper:] Letter from Josiah Fox War Office respecting Kentledge 14^th Feby (1797) Any quantity under 20 tons to be delivered for the use of the Cutter — Sir — War Office February 13. 1797 — you will be so obliging as to favor the Secretary of War with a Statement of the Kentledge on hand. and the Names of the places where the same are deposited — by order of the Secretary of War Josiah Fox [stamp: Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24. 1894. R.P.O. 40180.] Sam.^l Hodgdon Esq.^r Superintendant of Naval and Military Stores —

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Asks that Hodgdon report to the Secretary of War on the amount of kentledge [metal naval ballast] now available, and the places where it is deposited.

Date

02/13/1797

Author

Josiah Fox

Recipient

Samuel Hodgdon

Sent from

War Office

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)

Document number

1797021315001

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Notable persons

Samuel Hodgdon

Josiah Fox

superintendent of naval and military stores

Notable locations

War Office

Notable items

kentledge

ballast

frigate construction