Supplies for the Use of Garrison at Fort Mifflin on Mud Island
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
Supplies for the Use of Garrison at Fort Mifflin on Mud Island
Description
Letter, directs procurement of supplies for Fort Mifflin.
short description
Ltr, dir buy supplies for Fort Mifflin
year created
1800
month created
11
day created
27
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
notable person/group
Israel Whelen
Samuel Hodgdon
John Harris
notable location
Philadelphia
Fort Mifflin
Mud Island
notable item/thing
procure
supplies
garrison
requisition
cannon balls 24 lb
sets of formers for 32, 24, 18, 12, 9 & 6 pounders
reams of rocket and portfire paper
cotton wick for quick match
spirits of wine
white wine vinegar
dressed sheep skins for spunges
spunge tacks
copper nails
budge barrels with copper hoops
copper scales with weights from four pounds to one half ounce
gunners gimblets
gunners punches
gunners priming wires
brass quadrant with plumet
gunners scales
pair of callibre compasses
coopers copper adze and dresser
tenant saw
pinchers
rasps
laboratory or shoemaker's knives
pairs of scissors
skeins of Hamburg line
tarred marline
salt or drudging boxes
flax and tow
tin or copper funnels for shells
iron kettle for kit
iron ladles
fuze machine
bolt of duck
dark and common lantherns
lanterns
copper kettle
copper mealing pan
brass wire sieves very fine
brass wire sieves common
gauze sieves with leather bottoms
brass mortar with pestle
rocket mould with drifts and formers
portfire mould with drifts and formers
mold
set of bullet moulds
pair of hand bellows
set of tinmans tools
oil cloth
tanned hides
rosin
pitch
bees wax
borax
pewter solder
brushes
tin
brass and iron wire assorted
sheets of copper
junk for wads
olive oil
linseed oil
white lead
lamp black
whet stones
sand paper
coils of rope
document number
1800112728201
page start
1
number of pages
4
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | XEC25 (4 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:148 |
| [view document] (4 pages) | XEC25a (4 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:148 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Israel Whelen | [unknown] | [n/a] |