Shipment of Powder for Muskets & Cannon, Etc.
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Shipment of Powder for Muskets & Cannon, Etc.
Description
Letter, describes quality of contract guns; advises re shipment of powder for muskets and cannon; discusses accounts re powder and guns.
year created
1798
month created
02
day created
23
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
note
Cited in Craig to Hodgdon, 02/10/1798.
cited note
Cited document sent from the War Office
notable person/group
Major Isaac Craig
Samuel Hodgdon
Humphreys
DeCosia
notable location
Philadelphia
Cacil Furnace
notable item/thing
powder
casks
contract
cannon
musket, rifle
guns
barrels
notable phrase
men's receipts for the money received
knowledge of the whole transaction
compleat the 100 barrels ordered
deliver the enclosed letter
above sums are charged to your account
whole expence of this business should apppear in one account
conclude you have a copy of the contract
proved and accepted
reply relative to the powder
casks were all marked expressive of their contents
with respect to its quality it has withstood the severe proof required by contract
reason to believe it will be found good
order to the storekeeper directed him to forward forty barrels cannon, forty ditto of coarse musket and twenty ditto of fine musket
rifle powder
cast at Cacil Furnace
received your favour
happy to find you are prepared to forward the stores without delay
guns delivered you
document number
1798022328255
page start
20
number of pages
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (560 pages) | BJA01 (560 pages) | Collection: Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99. | P:020 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Isaac Craig | [unknown] | [n/a] |