Drumheads, Slow Match, and Gun Slings
Document 1798Enclosed are the returns for July and August. Kalteisen needs drumheads and slow match and several other articles, including gun slings.
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Fort Johnson South Carolina
1st Sept. 1798.
Sir
[Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24. 1894. R.P.O.401810.]
Enclosed you will perceive the several returns for the months of July & August last.
I am very much in want of drum heads and slow match, which it is impossible to procure in this country. There are several other articles wanting such as gun slings &c. which you will perceive on referring to the returns—
I am
Sir
Your very humble Servt
Michael [undecipherable]
Capt: a: [undecipherable]
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr.
[letter from Capt. Lt. [undecipherable] artg]
[1st Nov 1798]
[319¾]
[Received State Dep't. Nov. 24. 1804. R.P.O.401810.]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed are the returns for July and August. Kalteisen needs drumheads and slow match and several other articles, including gun slings.
Date
09/01/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Johnson, South Carolina
Document number
1798090180301
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Michael Kalteisen
Notable locations
Fort Johnson, South Carolina