Location of the Third Arsenal
Document 1798Hodgdon discusses at length proposals for the location of the third arsenal and magazine which will be added to the ones already at Springfield and Potomac.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Hodgdon discusses at length proposals for the location of the third arsenal and magazine which will be added to the ones already at Springfield and Potomac.
Date
08/29/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1798082928155
Page start
198
Notable persons
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
the enemy
Congress
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Carlisle
Springfield
Potomac
towns on the seacoast
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Virginia
the Delaware [River] above the falls
Morrisville
Pittsburgh
Germantown
Notable items
public buildings at Carlisle
laboratory purposes
object of destruction
three grand arsenals
magazines
military stores
high ground
transportation
machines
kettles
musket ammunition
field pieces