Letter to the Superintendent of Military Stores

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Letter to the Superintendent of Military Stores

Description

States that 500 muskets and 63,500 flints have been delivered from Hamburg to Ebenezer Stevens, the New York Agent of the War Department. Also mentions New York merchants James and Ebenezer Watson, whose accounts were adjusted for freight charges upon the importation of cannon and small arms.

year created

1799

month created

04

day created

22

author

recipient

in image

note

Cited in Hodgdon to Steele, 04/26/1798.

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
John Steele
James Watson
Ebenezer Watson
merchants

notable location

New York
Treasury
Hamburgh
Hamburg

notable item/thing

freight charges
cannon
small arms
muskets
flints
brigantine Pulaski
receipt

document number

1799042280001

page start

1

number of pages

2

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[view document] (2 pages) YVL02 (2 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Fourth Auditor, Jan 12, 1795-Dec 31, 1897. (RG217) (M1187) chronological
[view document] (2 pages) YVL02a (2 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Fourth Auditor, Jan 12, 1795-Dec 31, 1897. (RG217) (M1187) chronological

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Steele [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon [unknown] [n/a]