Springfield depot
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Springfield depot
Description
Discusses the need to "overhaul" the powder at the Springfield depot. Lists the rate of additional pay the enlisted men were to receive for doing the extra duty. The men were also to oil the new muskets. Buildings used to store weapons were to be "clapboarded." Some stores must be sold to provide money to preserve the remaing stores. Hodgdon authorizes Briant to use a "reasonable part" of the monies received from the sale of stores to pay his salary. List of stores to be sold.
year created
1784
month created
04
day created
26
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
John Briant
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr. Smith
officer of the guard
men stationed at the post
Smith and Company
General Lincoln
notable location
Philadelphia
Springfield
Connecticut
notable item/thing
powder
magazine
services
shilling
additional pay
new casks
new muskets
service
articles
money
stock
labor
buildings
arms
preservation
return
value
stores
sale
collection
returns
gun barrels
proper value
account
tin
invoice
pounds sheet lead
emery stone
wall pieces
buck shot [ buckshot ]
block tin
musket stocks
powder horns
rosin
old musket locks
nails of sorts
sheets tin
bushels coals
cotton wool
boxes
old sleds
bar iron
barrels
brass borings
steel
musket and carbine barrels
damaged muskets
sheet iron
pistol barrels
document number
1784042628001
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | DFD11 (2 pages) | Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) | V: 92, P: 346-347 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Captain John Briant | [unknown] | [n/a] |