Safekeeping of Shot & Kentledge
Document 1797McHenry has heard that the shot and kentledge cast by Faesch & [Coxe] Company and deposited at Elizabeth Town New Jersey and elsewhere is being wasted because of children and others throwing into creeks. Harris is directed to proceed to the places of deposit, reexamine the shot and hentledge and arrange for the safekeeping of that which is still fit for service.
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Letterbook Copy
Description
McHenry has heard that the shot and kentledge cast by Faesch & [Coxe] Company and deposited at Elizabeth Town New Jersey and elsewhere is being wasted because of children and others throwing into creeks. Harris is directed to proceed to the places of deposit, reexamine the shot and hentledge and arrange for the safekeeping of that which is still fit for service.
Date
05/26/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1797052600055
Page start
7
Note
Partially obscured.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
Notable locations
War Office
Notable items
ballast