24-Pound Shot Wanted at Providence

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

24-Pound Shot Wanted at Providence

Description

24 pound shot for proving cannon is needed at Providence, Rhode Island. Stagg wants to know if there is any shot near Providence that belongs to the public so that the transportation expense to that place could be avoided?

year created

1797

month created

03

day created

16

author

sent from location

War Office

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
John Stagg

notable location

War Office

document number

1797031615001

page start

1

Transcribe this document

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) ZPC04 (2 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B:5
[view document] (2 pages) ZPC04a (2 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B:5

Document names

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