Carriage of Green Stuff that is Unfit for Use, Etc.
Document 1798Among a number of matters related to cannon, Fleming complains that the carriage ordered by Colonel Rochefontaine for the elegant iron 12-pounder, and made of green stuff cut on public land, is not fit for use with the gun. Fleming will mount it on one of the clumsy ship nine-pounders used for salutes.
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Among a number of matters related to cannon, Fleming complains that the carriage ordered by Colonel Rochefontaine for the elegant iron 12-pounder, and made of green stuff cut on public land, is not fit for use with the gun. Fleming will mount it on one of the clumsy ship nine-pounders used for salutes.
Date
05/11/1798
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West Point
Document number
1798051180401
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1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
George Fleming
Notable locations
Philadelphia
West Point
Notable items
cannon
12 pounder
ship
guns
green stuff
salutes
field carriage
seasoned plank
iron work
apprentice