Urgent Need for Gun Stocks
Document 1798Ames repeats his request for gun stocks asserting that without a new supply, either stocking must soon stop or he will be forced to produce stocks that are not fit for service. He does not know what to do since the stocks that he has on hand are not seasoned and therefore not fit for use. The river is not yet open so if a hundred stocks could be sent to New Haven they would last until Hodgdon could send a supply to Hartford.
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Description
Ames repeats his request for gun stocks asserting that without a new supply, either stocking must soon stop or he will be forced to produce stocks that are not fit for service. He does not know what to do since the stocks that he has on hand are not seasoned and therefore not fit for use. The river is not yet open so if a hundred stocks could be sent to New Haven they would last until Hodgdon could send a supply to Hartford.
Date
03/14/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Springfield
Document number
1798031480201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
David Ames
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Springfield