Rates & Availability of Shot & Shells
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Rates & Availability of Shot & Shells
Description
Letter, asks for rates & availablity of shot and shells; discusses shipping shot and shells.
year created
1798
month created
02
day created
23
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
notable person/group
Colonel John Wilkins
Samuel Hodgdon
General Wilkinson
notable location
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
notable item/thing
transportation
shot and shells
notable phrase
sent such stores as make weights
transportation has been considered as costing very little
consequence of the general's letter
estimate of the probable quantity that may be wanted and which can be better supplied
shot and shells of all sizes and in any necessary quanitities can be furnished in your neighbourhood an at what rates
information
since writing my letter that accompanies this the Secretary of War has put into my hand a letter received from General Wilkinson on the subject of procuring a quantity of shot & shells in the vicinity of Pittsburgh
document number
1798022328355
page start
21
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: 021 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Wilkins, Jr. | [unknown] | [n/a] |