Seeks to Provide Musket Balls
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Seeks to Provide Musket Balls
Description
Seeks suitable supply of musket cartridges under care of Col. Stevens. Reports debt to the state when troops marched under Captain Henry. For payment, recommends sending box of musket balls. Suggests that Stevens's men put them together at Fort Jay. These guns will be called for when the army takes the field.
year created
1799
month created
06
day created
28
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in publication
in image
note
Syrett listed these documents in the Appendix to vol. 23.
Enclosed in McHenry to Hamilton, 06/29/1799.
Enclosed in McHenry to Hamilton, 06/29/1799.
notable person/group
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Ebeneezer Stevens
Captain Henry
notable location
Philadelphia
New York
Fort Jay
Springfield
York
notable item/thing
Musket Balls
Brass Ordnance
Carriages
document number
1799062828255
page start
489
number of pages
1
Item sets
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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: 489 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |