The Powder Magazine at Old Fort Clinton
Document 1798Fleming is forwarding to the Secretary of War a sketch of the rebuilt north wall of the powder magazine in old Fort Clinton. After having viewed the side wall taken down and the ends of the timber of the bomb proof, he believes that with some small repairs, it should last 12 or 15 more years. It would be expensive to build a new magazine of masonry large enough to contain the amount of powder now contained in this restored magazine.
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Autograph Letter Signed
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Fleming is forwarding to the Secretary of War a sketch of the rebuilt north wall of the powder magazine in old Fort Clinton. After having viewed the side wall taken down and the ends of the timber of the bomb proof, he believes that with some small repairs, it should last 12 or 15 more years. It would be expensive to build a new magazine of masonry large enough to contain the amount of powder now contained in this restored magazine.
Date
10/26/1798
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West Point
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Document number
1798102680201
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1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
George Fleming
Notable locations
Philadelphia
West Point