Transporting Powder from Charleston
Document 1798Hodgdon recommends transporting the powder from Charleston in casks made specifically for that purpose rather than in the boxes in which it currently resides.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Hodgdon recommends transporting the powder from Charleston in casks made specifically for that purpose rather than in the boxes in which it currently resides.
Date
10/18/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1798101828055
Page start
253
Notable persons
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Secretary of the Treasury [Oliver Wolcott, Jr.]
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Charleston
New York
Beaufort
Notable items
powder
boxes of an unportable size
suitable casks
barrels