Charleville Muskets to be Used as Patterns

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Charleville Muskets to be Used as Patterns

Description

Hodgdon instructs Harris, Fleming, and Williams as to the careful process for selecting the Charleville Muskets to be used as patterns for the contractors who have agreed to produce additional numbers of those muskets for the use of the United States.

year created

1798

month created

09

day created

03

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

sent to location

George Fleming, & Joseph Williams

in image

recipient note

John Harris; George Fleming; Joseph Williams.

notable person/group

John Harris
George Fleming
Joseph Williams
Samuel Hodgdon
Secretary of the Treasury [Oliver Wolcott, Jr.]
workmen at the post

notable location

Philadelphia

notable item/thing

Charleville muskets
patterns
duplicate pattern muskets
contracts

document number

1798090328255

page start

209

number of pages

1

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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: 209

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient John Harris George Fleming, & Joseph Williams [n/a]