Musket Stocks Fit for Use
Document 1798Whitney is informed that 3,200 musket stocks are being sent to him and Nathan Elliott for immediate use. The vessel engaged for this purpose could hold no more than this amount so the remaing 1000 will be sent to New York and delivered by whatever means necessary.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Whitney is informed that 3,200 musket stocks are being sent to him and Nathan Elliott for immediate use. The vessel engaged for this purpose could hold no more than this amount so the remaing 1000 will be sent to New York and delivered by whatever means necessary.
Date
12/08/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1798120828255
Page start
311
Notable persons
Eli Whitney
Samuel Hodgdon
Captain Wallace
Nathan Elliott
Secretary of the Treasury [Oliver Wolcott, Jr.]
Notable locations
Philadelphia
New York'
Notable items
musket stocks fit for immediate use
vessel