Requests Order for Powder

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Requests Order for Powder

Description

Reports that Captain Talbot declines the gunpowder sent from Philadelphia to Boston. Requests order for storekeeper in Springfield.

year created

1800

month created

11

day created

21

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)

in image

ZWX14
ZWX14a

notable person/group

James McHenry
Benjamin Stoddert
Captain Talbot
Storekeeper
Secretary at War

notable location

Navy Department
Philadelphia
Boston
Springfield

notable item/thing

cannon powder
ship

document number

1800112140001

page start

1

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[view document] (1 pages) ZWX14 (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: 34
[view document] (1 pages) ZWX14a (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: 34

Document names

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