Return of public stores
Item
Type
Letter, Type Undetermined
Title
Return of public stores
Description
Letter to Secretary Knox discussing the final return of public stores from Providence, Rhode Island to West Point, New York.
year created
1792
month created
07
day created
20
author
sent from location
Providence
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Jeremiah Olney
Col. Dan Tillinghast
Col. William Wall
Richard Borden
Capt. Fleming
Jonathan Bullock
notable location
Providence Rhode Island
United States
Trenton
Fall River Massachusetts
West Point New York
Hope Furnace
notable item/thing
future order
receipt on the return
advances for and in behalf of the United States
six days labour in searching and digging for it in vain
sundry articles in the several deposits which were not included in the original return
18 pound grape unfixed
quantity of match rope
straight shott
6 pound iron cannon
boxes of musket cartridges
cask of damaged powder
public property deposited in this state
18 pound cannon missing
principal part of those shott had been embezzelled
shott have been carried to the forge at or near trenton
freight of which I have agreed to pay him one and three quarter of a dollar per ton on his return
certificate of the delivery
could not have them freighted so low except I agreed to pay the money here
completes the return of public stores deposited in this state
two 18 pound cannon were claimed and delivered to the owners of Hope Furnace
round shott
taken the remainder of the military stores
weighing twenty four tons
notable phrase
future order
receipt on the return
advances for and in behalf of the United States
six days labour in searching and digging for it in vain
sundry articles in the several deposits which were not included in the original return
18 pound grape unfixed
quantity of match rope
straight shott
6 pound iron cannon
boxes of musket cartridges
cask of damaged powder
public property deposited in this state
18 pound cannon missing
principal part of those shott had ben embezzelled
shott have been carried to the forge at or near trenton
freight of which I have agreed to pay him one and three quarter of a dollar per ton on his return
certificate of the delivery
could not have them freighted so low except I agreed to pay the money here
completes the return of public stores deposited in this state
two 18 pound cannon were claimed and delivered to tehe owners of Hope Furnace
round shott
taken the remainder of the military stores
weighing twenty four tons
document number
1792072040001
page start
1
number of pages
3
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | AWD12 (4 pages) | Collection: Jeremiah Olney Papers | B:1777-1813, F:1792. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Jeremiah Olney | Providence | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |