Request for Issue of Assorted Ammunition & Military Supplies to Fort Sumner
Document 1800Directs issue of supplies to Fort Sumner in Portland, Mass. (now Maine), including: cannon ammunition, supplies for making cartridges, raw minerals, a pair of steelyards, and slowmatch.
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Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of supplies to Fort Sumner in Portland, Mass. (now Maine), including: cannon ammunition, supplies for making cartridges, raw minerals, a pair of steelyards, and slowmatch.
Date
12/03/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1800120328201
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
quartermaster General
commanding officer
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Fort Sumner
Portland
Massachusetts
Notable items
sundries
transportation
supplies
cannon ball eighteen pounder
cannon ball twelve pounder
cartridge paper
powder horns with belts
needles
twine
thread
salt petre
saltpeter
sulphur
sulfur
antimony
slow match
pair of steelyards