Musket Stocks & Horses Unfit for Use, Etc.

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Musket Stocks & Horses Unfit for Use, Etc.

Description

When Hodgdon examines the return from the Springfield Armory, he will find a large proportion of musket stocks unfit for use, some of them affected by the fire and others being shakey and warped. Williams asks Hodgdon to forward a number of gunstocks so that the factory can begin to produce seventeen muskets a day. Some of the public horses may be disposed of because they have proven vicious and unfit for use.

year created

1799

month created

04

day created

29

sent from location

Springfield

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
Joseph Williams

notable location

Philadelphia
Springfield
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts

notable item/thing

Muskets
horses
gun stocks
factory
factories
production
arms
equipment
armory
receipts
vouchers
arsenal
paymaster
cattle
oxen

notable phrase

a good yoke of cattle
seventeen muskets a day

document number

1799042980101

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) ZQG11 (3 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B: 7
[view document] (3 pages) ZQG11a (3 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B: 7

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Joseph Williams Springfield [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]