Ammunition Ordered by General Hamilton
Document 1800Sundry ammunition ordered by General Hamilton for Harpers Ferry, Jersey, and Massachusetts.
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Sundry Amm[unitio]n —
[undecipherable] by Gen. Kno[x]
[undecipherable] Secretary
of [the] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] 10th 1800
Letters
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Sundry Plans required
Ammunition for [undecipherable: Harpers Ferry?] ordered by Gen. Ham[ilton]
[—] [undecipherable: Harpers Ferry?] to the order of Gen[.] [undecipherable: Pinckney?]
For A. Gen. Saunders — 300 [undecipherable: Grapeshot?] [for fires?] W.P.
100 Case Ditto — W.P.
400 Primed Tubes [undecipherable: Phila?]
24[?] Port fires — [undecipherable: Phila?]
20 lbs Slow Match [undecipherable: Phila?]
40,000 Musket Cartridges 19 to the pound — [undecipherable: This Town?]
[undecipherable: Williams?]
Ammunition for Colonel [undecipherable: Ogden?]
Union Brigade — New Jersey
2 Six Pounders —— 150 [undecipherable: Grapeshot?] for fires [undecipherable]
50 Case Ditto — ditto [undecipherable: Hills?]
200 Primed tubes [undecipherable]
12 Port fires — [undecipherable]
10 lbs Slow Match [undecipherable]
40,000 Musket Cartridges 19 to the pound — Phila—
[undecipherable: Fothrop?]
Ammunition for Colonel [undecipherable: Ross?]
[undecipherable: Oxford?] — Massachusetts —
2 Six Pounders — 150 [undecipherable: Grapeshot?] for fires [undecipherable]
50 Case Ditto — ditto [undecipherable: Sp?]
200 Primed tubes [undecipherable: Spring?]
12 Port fires [undecipherable: Spring?]
10 lbs Slow Match [undecipherable: Sp?]
40,000 Musket Cartridges 19 to the pound Springfield
The following ammunition to be directed by Gen[.] Hamilton to be sent to the [undecipherable: Posts?] undermentioned
[undecipherable] of the ammunition requested by Gen[l.]
George Alexander Hamilton requests [the?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Alexander Hamilton to be [undecipherable: sent?] to the undermentioned
[undecipherable] Corps —
Type
Draft Document
Description
Sundry ammunition ordered by General Hamilton for Harpers Ferry, Jersey, and Massachusetts.
Date
03/20/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Harpers Ferry
Document number
1800032040301
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
General Pinckney
Colonel Rice
Notable locations
Harper's Ferry
Oxford
Massachusetts
Notable items
ammunition
four pounders
primed tube
port fires
slow match
musket cartridges
six pounders
straped shot

