Guns Transported from Providence to Southern Posts
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Guns Transported from Providence to Southern Posts
Description
Hodgdon orders that sixteen of the best twenty-four pound guns be transported from Providence to four southern posts.
year created
1798
month created
05
day created
04
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
note
Cited in Elliot to Hodgdon, 05/27/1798.
cited note
Cited document sent from the War Office
notable person/group
Joseph Elliott
Samuel Hodgdon
Jphn Habersham
Capt. Griffith McKee
James Simmons
Charles Brown
notable location
Philadelphia
Providence, Rhode Island
Savannah, Georgia
Wilmington, North Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
notable item/thing
guns belonging to the publc
twenty-four pounders
transportation
freight
bills of lading
shipment
return of the ordnance
species of store
document number
1798050428455
page start
82
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: 82 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Joseph Elliot | [unknown] | [n/a] |