The Practice of Firing a Morning & Evening Gun & Sundry Other Issues
Document 1798Hodgdon addresses multiple supply and ordnance questions.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Hodgdon addresses multiple supply and ordnance questions.
Date
06/21/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1798062128055
Page start
130
Notable persons
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
exerienced artillery officer
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Fort Johnson
Notable items
return for a supply of military stores
cannon at Fort Johnson
unmeaning practice of firing a morning and evening gun
eighteen pounder
powder
twelve pounder
pieces of ordnance mounted and unmounted
implements and carriages
heavy iron pieces
round shot
grape or cannister shot
repairs
field artillery