Arms Provided to the State of Maryland

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Arms Provided to the State of Maryland

Description

Hodgdon instructs Elias to provide the State of Maryland with one thousand muskets and cartouche boxes to replace those lost during the expedition against the insurgents in the Fall of 1794.

year created

1798

month created

08

day created

09

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

in image

note

Cited in Langham to Hodgdon, 08/23/1798.

notable person/group

Elias Langham
Samuel Hodgdon
the Secretary [of War]
Colonel John Stricker
Army

notable location

Philadelphia
Baltimore
Maryland

notable item/thing

muskets
cartouche boxes
expedition against the insurgents
Charleville Muskets
arms
brass mounted guns
receipt

document number

1798080928055

page start

171

number of pages

2

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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: 171

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient Elias Langham [unknown] [n/a]