Requests Permission to Begin Airing Powder
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Requests Permission to Begin Airing Powder
Description
Price would like to begin airing the powder by the 15th of the month. West Point is in need of a cooper and four thousan hoop poles to complete the process of airing the powder and putting it into barrels. If there were any way to avoid hiring a cooper, Price would not ask to hire one, but there is no man at his post who knows how to set a hoop. Price believes that if he can start by the 15th and the weather is dry the business will be done by November. He sends returns of ordnance and quartermasters stores for May care of Timothy Ketchum.
year created
1789
month created
06
day created
02
author
sent from location
West Point
recipient
in collection
note
Page not scanned.
notable person/group
Henry Knox
William Price
cooper
Timothy Ketchum
Ketcham
notable location
West Point
notable item/thing
powder
hoop poles
set a hoop
weather
summer
return of ordnance
return of quartermasters stores
document number
1789060240055
page start
41
number of pages
1
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790. | P:38 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William Price | West Point | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |