Cannon Requirements
Document 1798Cited in Hodgdon to Fleming, 05/14/1798. There are no ship carriages for the ten four-pounder iron guns. The four twelve-pounders will be sent in the first available vessel but there are no carriages to send with them. Only one iron 24-pounder is available and that one is damaged but if excellent iron 18-pounders will suffice, Craig should be informed whether seacoast or garrison carriages should be sent with them.
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Cited in Hodgdon to Fleming, 05/14/1798. There are no ship carriages for the ten four-pounder iron guns. The four twelve-pounders will be sent in the first available vessel but there are no carriages to send with them. Only one iron 24-pounder is available and that one is damaged but if excellent iron 18-pounders will suffice, Craig should be informed whether seacoast or garrison carriages should be sent with them.
Date
05/10/1798
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Recipient
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West Point
Document number
1798051080201
Note
Cited in Hodgdon to Fleming, 05/14/1798.
Notable persons
Major Samuel Hodgdon
Major George Fleming
Notable locations
Philadelphia
West Point
New York
Notable items
cannon
vessel
carriages
iron guns
seacoast carriages
garrison carriages