Erecting an Armory & Arsenal at Harpers Ferry

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Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Description

Hodgdon asks Brindley for advice and assistance related to the race to erect an armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry on the Potomac.

Date

07/31/1798

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1798073128055

Page start

165

Notable persons

James Brindley
Samuel Hodgdon
Secretary of War [McHenry]

Notable locations

Philadelphia
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
War Office

Notable items

armory and arsenal
Potomac [River]
race of considerable extent and importance
advice and assistance
roof