Request for Issue of Ammunition & Cartridge Supplies to Fort Trumbull
Document 1800Directs issue of supplies to Fort Trumbull, CT, including: ammunition & cartridge materials, raw minerals, and slowmatch.
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[Intendant's Office
Fort Dec 3. 1800
Com — ? to
Sundries to forwarded to
Fort Trumbull Connecticut
No.]
Sir
Intendant of Stores Office
Philadelphia 3 Decr 1800
Be pleased to deliver to the order of the Quarter master General for transportation to Fort Trumbull in the State of Connecticut, to the address of the Commanding Officer, the following supplies for the use of the Garrison agreeably to directions from the Secretary of war filed in this Office. Vizt
Four reams of Cartridge Paper
Two powder Horns with Belts.
One hundred Needles.
Five pounds of Thread
Five pounds of Twine.
Thirty pounds of Salt Petre.
Seventy pounds of Sulphur.
Three pounds of Antimony.
Five pounds of Sheet Lead. &
One pair of Steelyards. &
Seventy pounds of Slowmatch. —
I am Sir,
Your most obedt. Servant.
Samuel Appleton
Mr John Harris
Public Storekeeper
Philadelphia
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of supplies to Fort Trumbull, CT, including: ammunition & cartridge materials, raw minerals, and slowmatch.
Date
12/03/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1800120328101
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Fort Trumbull
Connecticut
Notable items
supplies
cartridge paper
powder horns with belts
needles
thread
twine
salt petre
saltpeter
suplhur
sulfur
antimony
sheet lead
pair of steelyards
slow match

