Articles Wanted for West Point

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Articles Wanted for West Point

Description

Francis has received an order from the Treasury Department for a number of articles needed at West Point. Most of them can be forwarded from New York but the source of the following must be identified by the Secretary of War: reams of cartridge papers, a pair of steel guards [?], salt peter, sheets of poster board.

year created

1796

month created

07

day created

07

author

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
Tench Francis

document number

1796070780001

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) ZOP16 (2 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B: 5
[view document] (2 pages) ZOP16a (2 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B: 5

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Tench Francis [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon [unknown] [n/a]