Cavalry Equipments to be Had in This City, Etc.
Document 1798Hodgdon advises McHenry of the advisability of producing cavalry equipment in Philadelphia. This equipment can be made as cheaply there as elsewhere and will provide employment for mechanics during the winter.
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Philadelphia 5th September 1793
Sir,
Inclosed you have the rate at which the enumerated Cavalry Equipments can be had in this City. I hope One thousand at least of those Articles will be made here: as I am well convinced they will be made as good, and as cheap as elsewhere. It will be a charity to employ our Mechanicks the ensuing winter. The pattern Articles are preparing & will be sent to you shortly. I have several Accounts before me for the supply of Military implements and the repairs of Cannon Carriages amounting to upwards of Doll: 400. done under my own direction. will thanks you to inform me how they are to be paid. A number of poor men are interested, and are pressing for payment;
I am Sir Your most Obt Sert
James McHenry Esqr Samuel Hodgdon
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Hodgdon advises McHenry of the advisability of producing cavalry equipment in Philadelphia. This equipment can be made as cheaply there as elsewhere and will provide employment for mechanics during the winter.
Date
09/05/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1798090528055
Page start
210
Notable persons
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
our mechanics
poor men
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
enumerated cavalry equipments
charity
winter
pattern articles
accounts
supply of military implements
repairs of cannon carriages
payment