Business of Making Muskets
Document 1799Hodgdon discusses in detail the business and issues related to manufacturing muskets.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Hodgdon discusses in detail the business and issues related to manufacturing muskets.
Date
02/11/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1798021128355
Page start
373
Notable persons
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
shipwrights
Quartermaster General
experienced workmen
hardy veterans
apprentices
Superintendant
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Springfield
Public Stores
Notable items
ordnances
muskets
stocks
bayonets
ramrods
springs
screws
artillery carriages
worms
buildings
boring machinery
tools
utensils
annual expenses of the post
labor
private contracts
cost of a complete musket
water
barrels
coals
bushels
sudden invasion and destruction
degree of happiness