Supplies for Fort Norfolk Virginia
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
Supplies for Fort Norfolk Virginia
Description
Letter, directs purchase sundry supplies for use of the garrison at Fort Norfolk, Virginia.
short description
Ltr, dir purchase items for Ft Norfolk
year created
1800
month created
12
day created
02
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
notable person/group
Israel Whelen
Samuel Hodgdon
public storekeeper
notable location
Philadelphia
Fort Norfolk
Virginia
notable item/thing
procure
supplies
garrison
cannon ball twenty four pounder
formers for thirty two, twenty four, eighteen, twelve, nine & six pounders
reams of rocket and portfire paper
cotton wick
spirits of wine
white wine vinegar
dressed sheep skins
spunge tacks
copper nails
budge barrels with copper hoops
copper powder measures from six pound to half an ounce
copper scales with weights from four pound to half an ounce
gunners gimblets
gunners punches
gunners priming wires
brass quadrant with plumet
gunters scales
callibre compasses
coopers copper adze & driver
hammers
tenant saw
pairs of pinchers
rasps assorted
block sheaves
laboratory or shoemakers knives
oil stone
scissors
skeins of Hamburg Line
skeins of tanned 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 lanterns
copper kettle
copper mealing pan
brass wire sieves
common brass wire sieves
gauze sieves with leather cottons
brass mortar with pestle
rocket mould with formers & drifts
portfire mould with former & drift
bullet moulds
hand bellows
tinmans tools
turners tools
oil cloth
tanned hides
rosin
pitch
bees wax
borax
pewter solder
brushes
box of tin
brass & iron wire assorted
sheets of copper
junk for wads
olive oil
linseed oil
white lead
lamp black
whetstones
sand paper
coils of rope from one and an half to three inches
notable phrase
supplies for the use of the Garrison at Fort Norfolk in the State of Virginia agreeably to the directions from the Secretary of War filed in this office
document number
1800120228201
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) | XET15 (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: 192 |
| [view document] (4 pages) | XET15a (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: 192 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Israel Whelen | [unknown] | [n/a] |