Refers to Potential Powder Embezzlement at Whetstone Point Garrison
Document 1799Refers to store of barrels of powder on hand at the Whetstone Point Garrison near Baltimore with a miscalculation on the certificate. Contractor David Zoe could not ascertain the exact quantity, fearing that a large quantity had been embezzled by the keeper of the magazine. There should be sufficient quantity for present use. Hodgdon added a postscript that no powder has since been forwarded to Fort McHenry.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Refers to store of barrels of powder on hand at the Whetstone Point Garrison near Baltimore with a miscalculation on the certificate. Contractor David Zoe could not ascertain the exact quantity, fearing that a large quantity had been embezzled by the keeper of the magazine. There should be sufficient quantity for present use. Hodgdon added a postscript that no powder has since been forwarded to Fort McHenry.
Date
06/08/1799
Author
Recipient
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Document number
1799060880055
Page start
468
Note
This includes a letter from Staats Morris and Samuel Y. Drysons to Samuel Hodgdon. Hodgdon then copied the letter to McHenry in his letterbook.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
Staats Morris
Samuel Y. Drysons
David Zoe
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Whetstone Point Garrison
Baltimore
Magazine
Fort McHenry
Notable items
Powder Barrels
Certificate