Corrects Cannonball Dimensions for Secretary of Treasury
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Corrects Cannonball Dimensions for Secretary of Treasury
Description
Refers to previous communication about models of cannonball, correcting errors made by clerk copied into a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury.
year created
1794
month created
07
day created
11
author
sent from location
Revenue Office
recipient
in image
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Tench Coxe
Secretary of the Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
clerk
notable location
Revenue Office
notable item/thing
cannonball
models
notable idea/issue
correcting errors
document number
1794071140001
page start
1
transcription
Treasury Department
Revenue office 11th July 1794.
Sir,
In your letter of yesterday accompanying the two models of
Cannon ball, it is observed that in the dimensions transmitted to
the Secretary of the Treasury on the 6 of May, by some error of the
68)
the Copying Clerk the diameter of he calibers of the 24 pounders
is stated at five inches and eight hundredth parts, and that it
ought to have been five inches & eighty two hundredth parts such
error [illegible] not appear either in the original transmitted to this
office or in my printed notes circulated among the iron founders
The 24 lb Caliber is stated in the former and of course in my printed
notes to be five inches and Eighty three hundredth parts.
You will be pleased to inform me whether you consider it to be
necessary to notice this difference to Mr. Hawkes who alone has
yet executed a Contract for iron Cannon.
I have the honor to be Sir
Your most obt. Servt.
Signed, T. C.
Commissr of the Revenue
Revenue office 11th July 1794.
Sir,
In your letter of yesterday accompanying the two models of
Cannon ball, it is observed that in the dimensions transmitted to
the Secretary of the Treasury on the 6 of May, by some error of the
68)
the Copying Clerk the diameter of he calibers of the 24 pounders
is stated at five inches and eight hundredth parts, and that it
ought to have been five inches & eighty two hundredth parts such
error [illegible] not appear either in the original transmitted to this
office or in my printed notes circulated among the iron founders
The 24 lb Caliber is stated in the former and of course in my printed
notes to be five inches and Eighty three hundredth parts.
You will be pleased to inform me whether you consider it to be
necessary to notice this difference to Mr. Hawkes who alone has
yet executed a Contract for iron Cannon.
I have the honor to be Sir
Your most obt. Servt.
Signed, T. C.
Commissr of the Revenue
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | DFV14 (2 pages) | Collection: Letters Sent (Letterbook) of Commissioner of the Revenue, Tench Coxe, Relating to War Department Procurement, Apr 14, 1794-Aug 26, 1796. (RG75) (M74) | P:67 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Tench Coxe | Revenue Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |