Small Repairs of Musketry Contiguous to Cities
Document 1798Hodgdon believes that in times of peace small repairs to musketry at posts contiguous to cities should be made by private workmen. The wear on the muskets and cost of transportation to military repairmen would be greater than if the repairs were done privately.
100%
⇣
No human transcription currently available for this document.
Machine transcription not yet available for this document.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Hodgdon believes that in times of peace small repairs to musketry at posts contiguous to cities should be made by private workmen. The wear on the muskets and cost of transportation to military repairmen would be greater than if the repairs were done privately.
Date
11/26/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1798112628355
Page start
295
Notable persons
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Capt. [Frederick] Frye
Armorers
Troops
private workmen
Commanding Officers of Corps
Agent of the War Department
Capt. [Ebenezer] Stevens
Notable locations
Philadelphia
York
Notable items
war
repairs
musketry
payment
certificate
transportation of arms
damage
cities