Musket Stocks & Horses Unfit for Use, Etc.
Document 1799When Hodgdon examines the return from the Springfield Armory, he will find a large proportion of musket stocks unfit for use, some of them affected by the fire and others being shakey and warped. Williams asks Hodgdon to forward a number of gunstocks so that the factory can begin to produce seventeen muskets a day. Some of the public horses may be disposed of because they have proven vicious and unfit for use.
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Autograph Letter Signed
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When Hodgdon examines the return from the Springfield Armory, he will find a large proportion of musket stocks unfit for use, some of them affected by the fire and others being shakey and warped. Williams asks Hodgdon to forward a number of gunstocks so that the factory can begin to produce seventeen muskets a day. Some of the public horses may be disposed of because they have proven vicious and unfit for use.
Date
04/29/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Springfield
Repository
Document number
1799042980101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Joseph Williams
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Springfield
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Notable items
Muskets
horses
gun stocks
factory
factories
production
arms
equipment
armory
receipts
vouchers
arsenal
paymaster
cattle
oxen