Muskets for Patterns & Saltpeter from Hamburg
Document 1798George Fleming has informed Wolcott that there no Charlesville muskets at West Point that might be used as patterns for contracts negotiated in Vermont. Hodgdon is directed to furnish six muskets as soon as possible to Nathaniel Brush, Supervisor of Revenue at Bennington, Vermont. Tench Francis has informed Wolcott that the saltpeter imported from Hamburg has been sold.
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[undecipherable]
[undecipherable: War Department?]
20 [undecipherable] 1790
[undecipherable] Dr
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr
Superintendant of
Military Stores
Philadelphia
Treasury Department
[undecipherable: the Comptroller?]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
George Fleming has informed Wolcott that there no Charlesville muskets at West Point that might be used as patterns for contracts negotiated in Vermont. Hodgdon is directed to furnish six muskets as soon as possible to Nathaniel Brush, Supervisor of Revenue at Bennington, Vermont. Tench Francis has informed Wolcott that the saltpeter imported from Hamburg has been sold.
Date
09/20/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Trenton
Collection
Document number
1798092080001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Oliver Wolcott
George Fleming
Nathaniel Bush
Tench Francis
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Trenton
Vermont
Bennington, Vermont
Hamburgh
Charlottesville
West Point
Notable items
muskets
saltpeter