Response to Information that Inferior Muskets Distributed
Document 1798Hodgdon responds to Williams' letter stating the that muskets delivered are not the same as the pattern muskets examined and approved by Hodgdon and the Secretary of War. He asks Williams to write those who have received muskets to point out the defects. In a post script Hodgdon describes features of a pattern or model musket.
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Type
Letter
Description
Hodgdon responds to Williams' letter stating the that muskets delivered are not the same as the pattern muskets examined and approved by Hodgdon and the Secretary of War. He asks Williams to write those who have received muskets to point out the defects. In a post script Hodgdon describes features of a pattern or model musket.
Date
12/06/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1798120628355
Page start
308
Note
Cited in Williams to Hodgdon, 12/14/1798.
Notable persons
Colonel Joseph Williams
Samuel Hodgdon
Secretary of War James McHenry
Captain Ames
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Springfield
Notable items
muskets
models or patterns
existing contracts
minute and particular
imperfect muskets
pattern muskets
point to them the defects
no inferior musket
received on inspection
nut
bayonet
upper part or face of the barrel
upper ramrod
belled
returning the ramrod
locks
Mr. Ames' Pattern
cost