Requests Supplies for Gun Manufactory in Springfield
Document 1799Gun manufactory in Springfield requires additional supply of gunstocks to carry business through winter. Suggests an immediate order to take into account transportation and to give the Quartermaster adequate time. Has ordered Col. Williams to have a leather hose and 20 buckets made for the engine immediately.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Gun manufactory in Springfield requires additional supply of gunstocks to carry business through winter. Suggests an immediate order to take into account transportation and to give the Quartermaster adequate time. Has ordered Col. Williams to have a leather hose and 20 buckets made for the engine immediately.
Date
08/05/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1799080528055
Page start
527
Notable persons
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Quartermaster
Col. Williams
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Springfield
Notable items
Gunstocks
Order
Transportation
Conveyance
Engines
Iron
Leather Hose
Buckets