Season Favorable for Proving Powder is Fast Approaching
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Season Favorable for Proving Powder is Fast Approaching
Description
Letter, discusses money due on contract; mentions materials to manufacture gun powder; the season for proving powder is approaching.
year created
1798
month created
03
day created
08
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
note
Cited in Hodgdon to multiple, 04/30/1798.
recipient note
Wheelen; Miller.
cited note
Cited document sent from the War Office
notable person/group
Wheelen & Miller
Samuel Hodgdon
the Purveyor
notable location
Philadelphia
United States
notable item/thing
gun powder
debt
magazine
notable phrase
application will be attended to without further loss of time
duty forbids my suffering any longer delay
probability of the use of materials for making gun powder
additional stimulus to you for discharging the debt at the present moment
season favourable for proving powder is fast approaching
place the balance due the United States in your contract with the Purveyor in the magazine
document number
1798030828055
page start
28
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:027 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Wheelen & Miller | [unknown] | [n/a] |