Carriage of Green Stuff that is Unfit for Use, Etc.
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Carriage of Green Stuff that is Unfit for Use, Etc.
Description
Among a number of matters related to cannon, Fleming complains that the carriage ordered by Colonel Rochefontaine for the elegant iron 12-pounder, and made of green stuff cut on public land, is not fit for use with the gun. Fleming will mount it on one of the clumsy ship nine-pounders used for salutes.
year created
1798
month created
05
day created
11
author
sent from location
West Point
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
in collection
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
George Fleming
notable location
Philadelphia
West Point
notable item/thing
cannon
12 pounder
ship
guns
green stuff
salutes
field carriage
seasoned plank
iron work
apprentice
notable phrase
the weight and length of the four iron twelve pounders I have now ready and expect to ship tomorrow to Mr. Smith
I also enclose you the numbers and wight of the 5 iron pounded ship guns
informed you sometime since that Captain Rochefontaine got made here of green stuff he cut on the public land a carriage for the elegant iron 12 pounder it is not fit to sent with the gun
I will keep it here and mount on it one of the clumsy ship 9 pounders for salutes
I will send the body of a field carriage Capt. Wright made a few years since of seasoned plank for the elegant iron 12 pounder
the iron work of it is not complicated
the apprentice can readily be made in South Carolina of the remainder of the iron work for the carriage
document number
1798051180401
page start
1
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | ZPQ18 (2 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B:6 |
| [view document] (2 pages) | ZPQ18a (2 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B:6 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | George Fleming | West Point | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |