Military Stores Wanted for Three Frigates
Document 1797McHenry provides a list of the military stores required for the three frigates and directs Hodgdon to determine what can be drawn from the stores of the United States and the locations where they are deposited.
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Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
McHenry provides a list of the military stores required for the three frigates and directs Hodgdon to determine what can be drawn from the stores of the United States and the locations where they are deposited.
Date
06/12/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Repository
Document number
1797061215055
Page start
9
Note
The author is not shown but, based on the content, it is believed to be James McHenry.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
War Office
Baltimore
Notable items
military stores
frigates
muskets with bayonets
pistols
boarding axes
cutlasses
blunderbusses
boarding pikes with staffs
bottle lanthorns
signal lanthorns
tin lanthorns
dark lanthorns
lanterns
cannon powder
round shot for six pounders
chain and double headed shot
grape shot
cannister shot
round shot for 12 pounders
double headed and chain shot for 12 pounders
hand grenades
musket and pistol balls
speaking trumpets
sheet lead
howitzers
implements for each gun
barrels powder for muskets and pistols