Additional Houses

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Additional Houses

Description

The present buildings, independent ot those holding public stores, will not contain more than twenty men. Four or five additional houses therefore must be built. Armstrong has directed the logs to be cut so if Hodgdon can furnish a [?] for two or three days the houses can be completed. Two or more carpenters might be necessary.

year created

1791

month created

11

day created

13

sent from location

Fort Hamilton

recipient

sent to location

Fort Washington

in image

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
Captain John Armstrong
carpenters
quartermaster general

notable location

Fort Washington
Fort Hamilton
Ohio
officer's quarters

notable item/thing

buildings
public stores
houses
logs
quartermaster stores
garrison
adzes
augers
chisel
gimlet
window glass
paper
returns
wafers

document number

1791111380001

page start

1

number of pages

3

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) ZLL21 (3 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B:1
[view document] (3 pages) ZLL21a (3 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B:1

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Armstrong Fort Hamilton [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon Fort Washington [n/a]