Requests Saltpetre to be Made into Gunpowder

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Requests Saltpetre to be Made into Gunpowder

Description

Requests salt petre out of cargo imported by Adam Babcock, to be manufactured into gunpowder for the Navy.

year created

1800

month created

09

day created

13

author

Benjamin Stoddert

sent from location

Navy Department

recipient

Samuel Dexter

in collection

Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters to (Requisitions on) Secretary of the Treasury and other Treasury Department Officials), June 1798-June 1824. (RG45)

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ZWX11
ZWX11a

notable person/group

Samuel Dexter
Benjamin Stoddert
Purveyor
Adam Babcock
purveyor of public supplies
Navy
Secretary at War

notable location

Navy Department

notable item/thing

saltpeter
gunpowder

document number

1800091340301

page start

1

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[view document] (1 pages) ZWX11 (1 pages) Collection: Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters to (Requisitions on) Secretary of the Treasury and other Treasury Department Officials), June 1798-June 1824. (RG45) P: 33
[view document] (1 pages) ZWX11a (1 pages) Collection: Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters to (Requisitions on) Secretary of the Treasury and other Treasury Department Officials), June 1798-June 1824. (RG45) P: 33

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Benjamin Stoddert Navy Department [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Dexter [unknown] [n/a]