Suggestions for Repairing Howitzers
Item
Type
Recipient's Letterbook Copy
Title
Suggestions for Repairing Howitzers
Description
Knox makes suggestions as to how to repair the defective howitzers because it is too costly to replace them.
year created
1793
month created
02
day created
09
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
in image
note
Spans Images 158-159 of this collection.
notable person/group
Anthony Wayne
Henry Knox
Colonel Proctor
Doctor Carmichael
Captain Mills
the President
Colonel Sproat
the farmer's brother [Indian name] and other chiefs of the fox nations
the Cornplanter
notable location
War Department
notable item/thing
defective trunnions of the howitzers
iron false trunnions
shells
pay
notable phrase
...the expense of the shells as well as the pieces dictate that every expedient be devised to make the howitzers answer which you have--Pray let an exact report be transmitted of their defects
defective trunnions of the howitzers
modes to strengthen the trunnions
iron false trunnions
the war
guns the trunnions of which had been knocked off
expense of the shells
pay for the completion of last year
document number
1793020913055
page start
158
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | DTC01 (286 pages) | Collection: Anthony Wayne Letterbooks Vol.1-3 | V: 2 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Anthony Wayne | [unknown] | [n/a] |