Repairing and Painting the Carriages
Document 1798The fifty boxes for the muskets will be finished soon and a thousand muskets will be cleaned and packed up for transportation. The carriages in the store need to be overhauled since the bands of the hubs are loose and need to be made smaller. Some of the older carriages need to be painted. Bryant asks permission to have them repaired so they will be ready to be transported on the next vessel bound for Portland.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
The fifty boxes for the muskets will be finished soon and a thousand muskets will be cleaned and packed up for transportation. The carriages in the store need to be overhauled since the bands of the hubs are loose and need to be made smaller. Some of the older carriages need to be painted. Bryant asks permission to have them repaired so they will be ready to be transported on the next vessel bound for Portland.
Date
08/07/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Springfield
Document number
1798080780101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Bryant
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Springfield
Notable items
return of stores
receipts