Safekeeping of Shot & Kentledge
Item
Type
Letterbook Copy
Title
Safekeeping of Shot & Kentledge
Description
McHenry has heard that the shot and kentledge cast by Faesch & [Coxe] Company and deposited at Elizabeth Town New Jersey and elsewhere is being wasted because of children and others throwing into creeks. Harris is directed to proceed to the places of deposit, reexamine the shot and hentledge and arrange for the safekeeping of that which is still fit for service.
year created
1797
month created
05
day created
26
author
sent from location
War Office
recipient
note
Partially obscured.
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
notable location
War Office
notable item/thing
ballast
document number
1797052600055
page start
7
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (61 pages) | ZZK07 (61 pages) | Collection: Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy was under War Department), May 1795-July 1798. (RG45) | P: 7-8 |
| [view document] (1 pages) | ZZK07a (1 pages) | Collection: Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy was under War Department), May 1795-July 1798. (RG45) | P: 7-8 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | War Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Hodgdon | [unknown] | [n/a] |