Difficulty Sending the Twelve-Pound Shot to the City
Document 1798Coleman has tried to procure teams to haul the twelve-pound shot to the city but the farmers are so busy at this season of the year that they will not haul them until after the harvest unless paid an extravagant amount. The shot is currently at Cornwall Furnace the manager of which has been given directions to exert every diligence to procure teams.
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Coleman has tried to procure teams to haul the twelve-pound shot to the city but the farmers are so busy at this season of the year that they will not haul them until after the harvest unless paid an extravagant amount. The shot is currently at Cornwall Furnace the manager of which has been given directions to exert every diligence to procure teams.
Date
06/20/1798
Author
Recipient
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Elizabeth Furnace
Repository
Document number
1798062080001
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Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Robert Coleman
Mr. Grubbs
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Furnace
Notable items
contracts
shot
shells
blast