Provide Answers to Captain George Fleming Queries

Item

Type

Extract of Letter

Title

Provide Answers to Captain George Fleming Queries

Description

Captain George Fleming wants to know cost of carriages made in Philadelphia, for cannon sent from West Point, and what a carpenter would charge of making carriages for eight inch howitzers. Stagg informs Hodgdon that Secretary of War wants Hodgdon to provide the answers.

short description

Provide answers to Captain George Fleming queries

year created

1793

month created

07

day created

30

author

sent from location

War Office

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
John Stagg
Captain George Fleming
Secretary of War
Henry Knox
carpenters

notable location

War Office
West Point
Philadelphia

notable item/thing

carriages
cost
cannon
cannon carriage
making carriages
howitzer
12 pounders
request
tomorrows mail

document number

1793073015101

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

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[view document] (2 pages) ZML05 (2 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B: 2
[view document] (2 pages) ZML05a (2 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B: 2

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Stagg War Office [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon [unknown] [n/a]