Ordnance Concerns at West Point
Document 1798Amidst a detailed discussion of ordnance matters, Fleming notes that the cannons and carriage have been boarded on a sloop that sailed that morning with a fine fair wind. The receipt of the master of the sloop is enclosed and the vessel should arrive in New York that afternoon.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Amidst a detailed discussion of ordnance matters, Fleming notes that the cannons and carriage have been boarded on a sloop that sailed that morning with a fine fair wind. The receipt of the master of the sloop is enclosed and the vessel should arrive in New York that afternoon.
Date
05/16/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Document number
1798051680101
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Hodgdon to Fleming, 05/21/1798.
Notable persons
Major Samuel Hodgdon
George Fleming
ship's master
Captain Houdin
General Henry Knox
Notable locations
West Point
New York
Albany
Notable items
ordnance
cannons
carriage
sloop
vessel
brass 12 pounders
field carriages
trunnion plates
limbers
howitzer
return
gun carriages
American fashion
painted
wood