Request for Boring Mill and Bill of Scantling
DocumentEncloses extract of letter from Samuel Hughes. Requests boring mill and bill of scantling be delivered before the French arrive.
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Mr. Coxe has the honor to transmit to the Secretary at War, an extract from a letter from Samuel Hughes Esq. dated July 4 “A plan of the boring mill with a bill of scantling ought “to be forwarded as soon as possible, in order that the materials may “be got ready before the Frenchman comes down”.,
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Mr. Coxe has the honor to transmit to the Secretary at War, an extract from a letter from Samuel Hughes Esqr. [dated] July 4.
"A plan of the boreing mill with a bill of Scantling ought to be forwarded as soon as possble, in order that the materials may "be got ready before the Frenchman comes down"—
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Letterbook
Description
Encloses extract of letter from Samuel Hughes. Requests boring mill and bill of scantling be delivered before the French arrive.
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Note
Based on content, Henry Knox is presumed to be the Secretary at War at the time of this letter and its recipient.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Tench Coxe
Secretary of War: Samuel Hughes
Frenchman
Notable items
extract from a letter
boring mill
plan
bill of scantling
materials