Request to deliver to John Wilkins Junior, sundries to be forwarded to Fort Detroit and Fort Niagara
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
Request to deliver to John Wilkins Junior, sundries to be forwarded to Fort Detroit and Fort Niagara
Description
Letter, directs delivery of military and laboratory stores for post at Detroit.
short description
Ltr, dir issue mil & laboratory stores
year created
1800
month created
10
day created
29
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in collection
notable person/group
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
John Wilkins
notable location
Philadelphia
Detroit
Pittsburg
Fort Niagara
Fort Detroit
notable item/thing
cannon powder
musket powder
flannel for cartridges
white two inch rope
Hamburg line for drum cords
large twine for quilting grape
oil cloths for covering howitzer and cannon
flags
dressed sheep skins for capping sponges
drum heads
boxes of common tin for fixing ammunition
sheet lead for gun aprons
thread for making cartridges
notable phrase
cannon powder
musket powder
flannel for cartridges
white two inch rope
Hamburg line for drum cords
large twine for quilting grape
oil cloths for covering howitzer and cannon
flags
dressed sheep skins for capping sponges
drum heads
boxes of common tin for fixing ammunition
sheet lead for gun aprons
thread for making cartridges
document number
1800102928001
page start
1
number of pages
4
transcription
Intendants Office
Oct. 29 1800
Sundries to be forwd.
to Fort detroit & Fort
Miagara
Intendant of Stores Office
Philadelphia 29th Oct. 1800
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to John Willkins Esq. quarter master General oo order the followeing military and lalionatory Stores for the use of the Post at Detroit to be addressed to the Commanding Officers, agreeably to a requisition from the Secretary of War, filed in this Offie Vizt 'Four thousand pounds of cannon Powder, 'two thousand pounds of musket Powder, 'two hundred pounds of rifle powder, 'Oe hundred & seventy sticks of Portfires, 'five hundred pounds of slow match, 'thirty reams of cannon cartridge paper, 'One hundred an seenty five yards of flannel for Cartridges, 'twentyfour fathoms of white two inch Rope, 'One hundred and fifty fathoms of Hamburgh line for Drum bords, 'twenty five pounds of longe twine for quilting grape, ' twelve small Oil Cloths for conceiving Howitzers and Cannons, 'two Flags, one of eleven & the other fifteen yards long, 'twenty allum dressed Sheep Skins for capping Spunges, 'seventeen Drum Heads, four
'four boxes of common Tin for fixing Ammunition, 'Two hundred pounds of sheet lead for Gun Aprons & 'Fifty pounds of Thread for making Cartridges.
Also, a Duplicate of the above you will please to pack up, marked Commanding Officer, Fort Niagara, & deliver to the quarter master General who will transport them to that place by the way of Pittsburg.
Your most obt. Servant
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr. John Harris
Oct. 29 1800
Sundries to be forwd.
to Fort detroit & Fort
Miagara
Intendant of Stores Office
Philadelphia 29th Oct. 1800
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to John Willkins Esq. quarter master General oo order the followeing military and lalionatory Stores for the use of the Post at Detroit to be addressed to the Commanding Officers, agreeably to a requisition from the Secretary of War, filed in this Offie Vizt 'Four thousand pounds of cannon Powder, 'two thousand pounds of musket Powder, 'two hundred pounds of rifle powder, 'Oe hundred & seventy sticks of Portfires, 'five hundred pounds of slow match, 'thirty reams of cannon cartridge paper, 'One hundred an seenty five yards of flannel for Cartridges, 'twentyfour fathoms of white two inch Rope, 'One hundred and fifty fathoms of Hamburgh line for Drum bords, 'twenty five pounds of longe twine for quilting grape, ' twelve small Oil Cloths for conceiving Howitzers and Cannons, 'two Flags, one of eleven & the other fifteen yards long, 'twenty allum dressed Sheep Skins for capping Spunges, 'seventeen Drum Heads, four
'four boxes of common Tin for fixing Ammunition, 'Two hundred pounds of sheet lead for Gun Aprons & 'Fifty pounds of Thread for making Cartridges.
Also, a Duplicate of the above you will please to pack up, marked Commanding Officer, Fort Niagara, & deliver to the quarter master General who will transport them to that place by the way of Pittsburg.
Your most obt. Servant
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr. John Harris
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (6 pages) | XES22 (6 pages) | Collection: Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe and Irvine Papers), 1794-1842. (RG92) | B: 192 |
| [view document] (3 pages) | XES22a (3 pages) | Collection: Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe and Irvine Papers), 1794-1842. (RG92) | B: 192 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | ZWH24 (0 pages) | Collection: Record of Disbursements by the Commissary General of Military Stores Department and Supply Orders of the Superintendent of Military Stores, Oct 2, 1780-June 2, 1781 and July 26, 1799-Aug 19, 1801. (RG93) (M927) | P: 89 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Harris | [unknown] | [n/a] |