Second Offer to Purchase Iron

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Second Offer to Purchase Iron

Description

Joshua Arden, bearer of the letter, has offered to buy the iron ordnance at West Point, offering six pounds per ton, but will not take them on the spot. Price refers to his letter of the same date regarding Mr. Williams' offer to buy the same iron ordnance, in which Price gives the locations of the guns.

year created

1787

month created

09

day created

06

author

sent from location

West Point

recipient

notable person/group

Henry Knox
William Price
Williams
Joshua Arden
bearer

notable location

West Point
Newburgh
landing

notable item/thing

iron ordnance
purchase

document number

1787090640055

page start

23

number of pages

1

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790. P:20

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Price West Point [n/a]
Recipient Henry Knox [unknown] [n/a]