Letter to the Supervisor of Military Stores

Item

Type

Printed Document

Title

Letter to the Supervisor of Military Stores

Description

Letter from Secretary Hamilton to the Supervisor of Military Stores, requesting that a chief armourer have charge of the artificers to accompany the militia army. Also states that one half of the entrenching tools be sent to Williamsport, Maryland, and the other half to Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

year created

1794

month created

09

day created

12

sent from location

War Department

recipient

in collection

note

Typescript supplied by Lincoln Library, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
Alexander Hamilton
militia
artificers
army
wheelwrights
mechanics
troops
armourer

notable location

War Department
Pennsylvania
Williamsport
Carlisle
Maryland

notable item/thing

tools
expedition

document number

1794091200100

Document instances

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[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Alexander Hamilton War Department [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon [unknown] [n/a]