Mounting Guns on Galleys
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Mounting Guns on Galleys
Description
Major Craig discusses with Samuel Hodgdon the mounting of guns onto galleys. Craig also mentions the receipt of naval stores.
year created
1798
month created
06
day created
01
author
sent from location
Pittsburg
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
note
Cited in Hodgdon to Craig, 06/08/1798.
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
Isaac Craig
notable location
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
notable item/thing
guns
carriages
ports
ship
notable phrase
in consequence of a former letter from you advising me that twenty guns were to be mounted at this port, I immediately provided for that purpose the carriages therefore for these guns are in considerable forwardness and only four of these guns have yet come
I have this day found it necessary to draw on you in favor of William Christy of ten days sight for four hundred and seventy nine dollars which please to pay and charge as usual
document number
1798060180101
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (5 pages) | ZPS03 (5 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B: 6 |
| [view document] (3 pages) | ZPS03a (3 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B: 6 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | IBL06 (0 pages) | Collection: Isaac Craig Papers | XXI0059 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Isaac Craig | Pittsburg | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |