Request for Issue of Assorted Supplies to Fort Independence, Near Boston
Document 1800Directs issue of needles, twine, thread, antimony & a pair of steelyards to Fort Independence, Castle Island, Boston.
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Intendant of Stores Office
Philadelphia 4th Dec: 1800.
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to the order of the quarter master General, for transportation to Fort Independence on Castle Island, near Boston, the following supplies for the use of that Garrison Viz:
Two hundred Needles.
Ten pounds of Twine
Ten pounds of Thread.
Five pounds of Antimony D
One pair of Steelyards.
The whole to be addressed to the Commanding Officer of Fort Independence.
I am, Sir,
Your most obt Servant
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Harris
Public Storekeeper
Philadelphia
[verso: Intendants Office For Decr 4th 1800 Sundries to be fount to Fort Independence [undecipherable]]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of needles, twine, thread, antimony & a pair of steelyards to Fort Independence, Castle Island, Boston.
Date
12/04/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1800120428001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
Quartermaster General
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Fort Independence
Castle Island
Boston
Notable items
transportation
supplies
needles
twine
thread
antimony
pair of steelyards

