Forwarding the 24 Pounders to Savannah

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Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Description

Hodgdon informs Stoddert of the means by which the 24 pounders were forwarded to John Habersham in Savannah.

Date

09/07/1798

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1798090728055

Page start

214

Notable persons

Benjamin Stoddert
Samuel Hodgdon
Jphn Habersham
Oliver Earle, Master
James Simmons, Collector

Notable locations

Philadelphia
War Office
Savannah
Rhode island
Charleston
George Town

Notable items

twenty four pounders
the "Hermes"
cannon of the same caliber