Exhibit of the Expenses of the National Armory at Springfield
Document 1800"The Secretary of War lays before the Senate of the United States, an exhibit of the expenses of the national armory at Springfield, Massachusetts together with the fullest information he has been able to obtain relative to the said establishment."
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Type
Document Signed
Description
"The Secretary of War lays before the Senate of the United States, an exhibit of the expenses of the national armory at Springfield, Massachusetts together with the fullest information he has been able to obtain relative to the said establishment."
Date
01/06/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1800010600201
Notable persons
James McHenry
Senate of the United States
Superintendent of the Armory
artificers
apprentices
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
annual expenditures
muskets annually fabricated
public buildings
machinery
tools
fabrication of arms
separate accounts
workshops
works
labor-saving machines
defects
iron
wages of workmen
rations
wear of grindstones
charcoal
sea coal
musket stocks
emery
oil
buff leather
cast steel
brass
crucibles
wire
screws
sand paper
tallow
clothing
files
contingent charges
cost to the United States
price of the ration
high prices offered artificers
private contractors