Requests Saltpetre to be Made into Gunpowder

100%
⇣

No human transcription currently available for this document.

Type

Letterbook

Description

Requests salt petre out of cargo imported by Adam Babcock, to be manufactured into gunpowder for the Navy.

Date

09/13/1800

Author

Benjamin Stoddert

Recipient

Samuel Dexter

Sent from

Navy Department

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters To

Document number

1800091340301

Page start

1

Notable persons

Samuel Dexter
Benjamin Stoddert
Purveyor
Adam Babcock
purveyor of public supplies
Navy
Secretary at War

Notable locations

Navy Department

Notable items

saltpeter
gunpowder