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

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

in image

note

Syrett listed these documents in the Appendix to vol. 23.
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

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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]