Charge for Repairing Arms at West Point
Document 1799Cranch wants to know what the gunsmiths of Philadelphia charge for the individual parts of the muskets they repair. If he should be required to repair more arms at West Point, should he charge for each stand of arms of for each article? Respecting swivel bands, should he charge for the band and swivel or for the band only?
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Autograph Letter Signed
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Cranch wants to know what the gunsmiths of Philadelphia charge for the individual parts of the muskets they repair. If he should be required to repair more arms at West Point, should he charge for each stand of arms of for each article? Respecting swivel bands, should he charge for the band and swivel or for the band only?
Date
07/23/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Repository
Document number
1799072380201
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Hodgdon to Cranch, 07/31/1799.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Joseph Cranch
Notable locations
Philadelphia
West Point
Notable items
set of new brass musket mounting
heel plate
guard
trigger plate
nose cap
tailpipe
bellpipe
smallpipes