Ordnance for Capt. Frye at Governors Island

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Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Description

Hodgdon notifies Capt. Frye of the ordnance being transported to his post at Governors Island.

Date

05/04/1798

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1798050428255

Page start

81

Notable persons

Frederick Frye
Samuel Hodgdon
Capt. [Michael] Houdin
Melancton Smith

Notable locations

Philadelphia
York
Governors Island

Notable items

brass twenty-four pounders
carriages and implements
six pounders
four pounder iron guns
nine pound ball