Please Send Fifty Barrels of Powder
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Please Send Fifty Barrels of Powder
Description
Hodgdon asks Briant to send fifty barrels of powder and fifty stand of arms to Boston, addressed to Mr. Stephen Higginson.
year created
1798
month created
07
day created
07
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
note
Cited in Bryant to Hodgdon, 07/14/1798. One of two letters from Hodgdon to Bryant cited for this day.
cited note
Cited document sent from the War Office
notable person/group
John Briant
Samuel Hodgdon
Stephen Higginson, Merchant
notable location
Philadelphia
Boston
notable item/thing
barrels of powder
land
rise of the Navy
vessel
expense of transportation
fifty stand of arms
document number
1798070728155
page start
143
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:143 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Captain John Briant | [unknown] | [n/a] |