Regarding Saltpeter for Gunpowder Manufacture
Document 1800Informs Whelen that the 100 bags of saltpeter sent for refining into gunpowder were received, and that tests have been undertaken to see how much pure saltpeter may be gotten out of the unrefined substance.
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[MrGovett respecting
100 bags Salt Petre]
100 bags of Salt Petre was sent from the Military Stores to the Store of Deposits, with directions as Understood from the Secy of War to have it refined for the purpose of manufacturing into Gun Powder, the sent one bag to Doct Hunter to know what quantity of pure Salt petre could be extracted, he returnd about 3 lbs pure and the remainder in what he called common Jelly, this with the other 99 bags remain in the Store as received —
W. [undecipherable: Govett]
may 26. 1800
Israel Wheelen Esqr
Type
Document Signed
Description
Informs Whelen that the 100 bags of saltpeter sent for refining into gunpowder were received, and that tests have been undertaken to see how much pure saltpeter may be gotten out of the unrefined substance.
Date
05/26/1800
Author
Recipient
Document number
1800052690101
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
Israel Whelen
William Govett
Secretary of War
Mr. Francis
Doctor Hunter
Notable items
salt peter
salt petre
military stores
store of deposits
refined
gun powder
bags