Discusses the Dangerous Implications of Nitre Storage in the Public Store
Document 1799Refers to deposits of nitre in public stores belonging to Wheelen's firm in Frankford. Wheelen thought it was an improper location for such a deposit, causing danger to the other buildings. Wheelen had never even stored salt petre in any of his contiguous buildings. The purveyor stored the nitre there as a matter of convenience with the intention of making it into powder. Neither the purveyor nor Miller anticipated any danger with the nitre in the two years it was stored there.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Refers to deposits of nitre in public stores belonging to Wheelen's firm in Frankford. Wheelen thought it was an improper location for such a deposit, causing danger to the other buildings. Wheelen had never even stored salt petre in any of his contiguous buildings. The purveyor stored the nitre there as a matter of convenience with the intention of making it into powder. Neither the purveyor nor Miller anticipated any danger with the nitre in the two years it was stored there.
Date
03/28/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1799032828055
Page start
414
Notable persons
Israel Wheelen
Samuel Hodgdon
Purveyor
Joseph Miller
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Frankford
Public Store
Mill
Notable items
Nitre
Salt Petre
Powder