Listing of ammunition, cannon and howitzer
Document 1799Lists types of cannon [pounders] and howitzers. Cartridges mentioned as well as the city of New Orleans.
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[undecipherable] from [undecipherable] 25 September 179[undecipherable]
To
I became your favor of the 21st instant —
Major General [undecipherable] has made a requisition
[undecipherable] of Army and our [undecipherable] for the [undecipherable]
of the [undecipherable] — viz.
Eighteen hundred Shot.
Two thousand paper Cartridges
[undecipherable: margin notation] for [undecipherable] hundred [undecipherable] grape shot [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] five hundred [undecipherable] formed [undecipherable] Shot
Eighteen hundred Shot
Two thousand paper Cartridges
[undecipherable: Pieces Cannon] Two hundred [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] lost
one hundred [undecipherable] Canister lost.
Seven hundred Shot
fifteen hundred Paper Cartridges
[undecipherable: Nine Cannons] One hundred [undecipherable] Grape Shot
fifty [undecipherable] Canister Shot
[undecipherable] hundred [undecipherable] Shot.
two hundred [undecipherable] Shells.
two hundred fifty flannel Cartridges
[undecipherable: Garrison] two hundred [undecipherable] Bars
[undecipherable] forty [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [pouches?]
[undecipherable] hundred [undecipherable] of [Slow Match?]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
fifty [spare?] Hammers
fourteen [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] —
I have [undecipherable] report that they should be prepared instantly and then submitted to [Examination?] at which time they are to [undecipherable] their [undecipherable]. It is intended to send them home by the way of New Orleans — Should you be deficient in any part, the Bars or Shells you will [state?] the [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] to the [Surveyor?] and give him [undecipherable] as will enable him to take immediate measures to procure them —
[undecipherable] James M'[Henry?]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Lists types of cannon [pounders] and howitzers. Cartridges mentioned as well as the city of New Orleans.
Date
09/24/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1799092400201
Page start
1
Note
Document is not legible
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
Secretary of War
Notable locations
New Jersey
Trenton
War Department
New Orleans
Notable items
cartridges
howitzers
shot
brass
paper cartridges

