Details Surrounding Musket Manufacture Contract
Document 1798Letter, discusses contract for manufacture of muskets. Directs issue of 3,000 musket stocks to Robert McCormick, arms contractor. Asks that the two best of the finished muskets, being made on the Charleville French model, be kept as patterns, with one to be returned to McCormick, one to be kept in the military stores.
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Letter Signed
Description
Letter, discusses contract for manufacture of muskets. Directs issue of 3,000 musket stocks to Robert McCormick, arms contractor. Asks that the two best of the finished muskets, being made on the Charleville French model, be kept as patterns, with one to be returned to McCormick, one to be kept in the military stores.
Date
08/20/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Trenton
Repository
Document number
1798082080401
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Oliver Wolcott
Mr. Robert McCormick
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Trenton
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Notable items
muskets
stocks
walnut
receipts
model
patterns