400 Muskets Monthly, Etc.
Document 1799Amidst a discussion of the returns of the Springfield Armory, Williams pledges that the armory in the future will turn in no less than four hundred muskets monthly. However, he may face a deficiency of gun stocks by February which is a time of year in which it is impossible to get them so a surplus might be sent in December.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Amidst a discussion of the returns of the Springfield Armory, Williams pledges that the armory in the future will turn in no less than four hundred muskets monthly. However, he may face a deficiency of gun stocks by February which is a time of year in which it is impossible to get them so a surplus might be sent in December.
Date
07/31/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Springfield
Document number
1799073180101
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Hodgdon to Williams, 08/05/1799.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Joseph Williams
superintendent of armory
armoury
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Springfield
Springfield Armory
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Notable items
muskets
returns
receipt
tools
foundry
engine
gunstocks
leather hoops
buckets
articles
hoops
winter
stocks
arms chests
private factories