List of Articles to be Delivered to Armoury
Document 1798Orders to deliver tools to armoury at Harpers Ferry
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[War Office Nov 20 - 1798
Armourers [undecipherable] Colo to be for[warded] to
Harpers Ferry]
War department. November 20 1798.
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to Samuel Hodgdon for transportation to Harpers Ferry for the use of the Armoury there, the following articles viz —
Four Anvils
Twelve Bench Vices
Six Hatchets
Fourteen Armourers Hammers
Twenty. — Braces
Nine pounds and an half Iron Wire
Twelve Slit Saws.
Seven Jack planes
Twenty three small planes of hind.
three Spoke Quintled
Sixteen Mail. do
Twelve pair plyers.
Seven hand Vices
Thirty one [undecipherable] Pinicers.
Ten pounds Cast Steel
One hundred and fifteen lb. Blistered Steel
Eight Turkey Oil Stones
One Sledge hammer
Twelve hand Vices.
Twelve Chisels Turners. — — 2. Inch
Three — — — 1/2
Five — — — 1/4
Two — — — 1/4
Twenty seven — — 1/2
Eleven — — — 1/2
Twelve Turner Gorges. — — —
Nine — — — — 3/8 Inch
Eighteen — — — 5/8
Ten — — — — 1 —
Ten lbs Rozin
Two lbs. Sal Ammoniac
Two lbs. Sal Borax
Six Gallons Linseed Oil
Two and 1/4 Gallons Sweet Oil
James McHenry
W. John Harris Samuel Hodgdon
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Orders to deliver tools to armoury at Harpers Ferry
Date
11/20/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1798112000001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
military storekeeper
Secretary of War
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
armorers
armourers
Notable locations
War Department
Harpers Ferry
Virginia
armory
armoury
Notable items
deliver
for transportation
for the use of the armoury there the following articles
anvils
bench vices
hatchets
armourers hammers
armourers braces
iron wire
slit saws
jack planes
small planes of kinds
spike gimblet
nails
pairs plyers
hand vices
plain pincers
cast steel
blistered steel
oil stones
sledge hammers
chisels turners
turners gauges
knives
sal ammoniac
sal borax
linseed oil
sweet oil
armourers tools

