[Inventory of Tools wanted for the Armoury to be established at Harpers Ferry on the Potomac in Virginia]
Item
Type
Document Signed
Title
[Inventory of Tools wanted for the Armoury to be established at Harpers Ferry on the Potomac in Virginia]
Description
Lists items required to stock Harper's Ferry armory.
short description
Stores, return tool inventory HF Armory
year created
1798
month created
08
day created
20
author
in collection
notable person/group
Joseph Perkin
notable location
Harper's Ferry
Potomac
Virginia
New London
notable item/thing
tools
inventory
armory
standing vices
anvils
bellows
sledges
tenets
hand hammers
bench hammers
braces
hand vices
pincers
hubirons
swage anvils
hand saws
sash saws
jack planes
smoothing planes
barrel planes
grooving planes
turkey oil stones
chisels
center-bits
gimblets
stockers
13 inch rough files
13 inch bastard files flat
12 inch rough files
12 bastard files
11 inch rough files
11 inch bastard files flat
10 inch rough files
10 inch bastard files flat
9inch
8 inch
6 inch
12 inch round files
10 inch round files
8 inch round files
7 inch round files
6 inch round files
bastard files
3 square rough files
3 square bastard files
warding files
feather edge files
smooth files
rat tail files
knife files
round edge files
smoth flat files
round smooth files
notable phrase
inventory of tools wanted for the armoury to be established at Harpers Ferry on the Potommac in Virginia
bayonet forgers with their swages
swage for barrel forges
plate moulds for lock forgers
turners lathe with the necessary thereto
must be provided by a professional hand
round rasps full backs
rolled iron suitable for upper bands
slit iron suitable for the different parts of gun locks
think that all these articles might be procured after my return except those at
as I should like to chase them myself which can be done in the time I shall be obliged to stay in collecting the hands.
document number
1798082080501
page start
1
number of pages
4
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
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| [view document] (4 pages) | XFE09 (4 pages) | Collection: General Information Index, 1794-1918. (RG94) | B:12. |
| [view document] (4 pages) | XFE09a (4 pages) | Collection: General Information Index, 1794-1918. (RG94) | B:12. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Joseph Perkin | [unknown] | [n/a] |