Request to deliver to John Wilkins Junior, sundries to be forwarded to Fort Detroit and Fort Niagara

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Intendants Office Oct. 29 1800 Sundries to be forwd. to Fort detroit & Fort Miagara Intendant of Stores Office Philadelphia 29th Oct. 1800 Sir, Be pleased to deliver to John Willkins Esq. quarter master General oo order the followeing military and lalionatory Stores for the use of the Post at Detroit to be addressed to the Commanding Officers, agreeably to a requisition from the Secretary of War, filed in this Offie Vizt ‘Four thousand pounds of cannon Powder, ’two thousand pounds of musket Powder, ’two hundred pounds of rifle powder, ‘Oe hundred & seventy sticks of Portfires, ‘five hundred pounds of slow match, ’thirty reams of cannon cartridge paper, ‘One hundred an seenty five yards of flannel for Cartridges, ’twentyfour fathoms of white two inch Rope, ‘One hundred and fifty fathoms of Hamburgh line for Drum bords, ’twenty five pounds of longe twine for quilting grape, ’ twelve small Oil Cloths for conceiving Howitzers and Cannons, ’two Flags, one of eleven & the other fifteen yards long, ’twenty allum dressed Sheep Skins for capping Spunges, ‘seventeen Drum Heads, four ‘four boxes of common Tin for fixing Ammunition, ‘Two hundred pounds of sheet lead for Gun Aprons & ‘Fifty pounds of Thread for making Cartridges. Also, a Duplicate of the above you will please to pack up, marked Commanding Officer, Fort Niagara, & deliver to the quarter master General who will transport them to that place by the way of Pittsburg. Your most obt. Servant Samuel Hodgdon

Mr. John Harris

Type

Letter Signed

Description

Letter, directs delivery of military and laboratory stores for post at Detroit.

Date

10/29/1800

Recipient

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1800102928001

Page start

1

Notable persons

John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
John Wilkins

Notable locations

Philadelphia
Detroit
Pittsburg
Fort Niagara
Fort Detroit

Notable items

cannon powder
musket powder
flannel for cartridges
white two inch rope
Hamburg line for drum cords
large twine for quilting grape
oil cloths for covering howitzer and cannon
flags
dressed sheep skins for capping sponges
drum heads
boxes of common tin for fixing ammunition
sheet lead for gun aprons
thread for making cartridges