Preventing Incendiaries from Blowing Up the Magazine
Document 1799Fleming discusses the precautions he has undertaken to protect the magazine at West Point from blowing up due to incendiaries.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Fleming discusses the precautions he has undertaken to protect the magazine at West Point from blowing up due to incendiaries.
Date
08/02/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Repository
Document number
1799080280001
Page start
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Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
George Fleming
Notable locations
Philadelphia
West Point
Notable items
powder
barrels
dampness
incendiaries
safety to their own lives
gorge behind the die
air hole
new north wall
thick upper plate punched full of very small holes
small pea
lining plank of the south wall of said magazine
magazine is not palisaded