Letter to the Superintendent of Military Stores
Document 1799States that 500 muskets and 63,500 flints have been delivered from Hamburg to Ebenezer Stevens, the New York Agent of the War Department. Also mentions New York merchants James and Ebenezer Watson, whose accounts were adjusted for freight charges upon the importation of cannon and small arms.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
States that 500 muskets and 63,500 flints have been delivered from Hamburg to Ebenezer Stevens, the New York Agent of the War Department. Also mentions New York merchants James and Ebenezer Watson, whose accounts were adjusted for freight charges upon the importation of cannon and small arms.
Date
04/22/1799
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1799042280001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Hodgdon to Steele, 04/26/1798.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Steele
James Watson
Ebenezer Watson
merchants
Notable locations
New York
Treasury
Hamburgh
Hamburg
Notable items
freight charges
cannon
small arms
muskets
flints
brigantine Pulaski
receipt