Request for Issue of Assorted Military Supplies & Tools for Posts at Detroit & Niagara
Item
Type
Document
Title
Request for Issue of Assorted Military Supplies & Tools for Posts at Detroit & Niagara
Description
Directs issue of supplies to complete the stock of military stores at Detroit, to wit: cannon implements, drum heads, raw minerals, paper, files, vises, wire, & crucibles. A postscript by Hodgdon asks that a duplicate of the above order be assembled and sent to Fort Niagara.
year created
1800
month created
12
day created
01
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
in collection
notable person/group
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
quartermaster general
notable location
Philadelphia
Detriot
Fort Niagara
Pittsburgh
notable item/thing
stores
post
requisition
portfire
cotton wick
composition paper
coarse linen
small hard twisted twine
shoe thread
oil cloths
tanned hides
tanned and curried sheep skins
drum heads
very fine bass wire sieves
allum
antimony
spirits of wine
beeswax
solder
crocus martis
flour emory
rotten stone
borax
while spelter
yellow spelter
aqua fortis
olive oil
quires of sand paper
flat and square smoothing files
round and half round smoothing files
hand vices
vises
rope
brass wire
iron wire
oil stones
crucibles
tubes
duplicate
document number
1800120128101
page start
1
number of pages
3
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | XBD17 (3 pages) | Collection: Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92) | "B:81" |
| [view document] (3 pages) | XBD17a (3 pages) | Collection: Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92) | "B:81" |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Harris | Philadelphia | [n/a] |