Purchase of Supplies for Fort Independence on Castle Island near Boston, Massachusetts
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
Purchase of Supplies for Fort Independence on Castle Island near Boston, Massachusetts
Description
Letter, directs purchase of supplies for Fort Independence on Castle Island near Boston, Massachusetts.
short description
Ltr, dir buy supplies Ft Independence
year created
1800
month created
12
day created
04
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
notable person/group
Israel Whelen
Samuel Hodgdon
agent
notable location
Philadelphia
Fort Independence
Castle Island
Boston
notable item/thing
procure and deposit
supplies
rocket and portfire paper
cotton wick
spirits of wine
white wine vinegar
dressed sheep skins
spunge tacks
copper nails
scales with weights from four pounds to half and ounce
brass quadrants with plumets
gunters scales
callibre compasses
coopers copper adze and driver
hammers
pinchers
rasps
laboratory or shoemakers knives
scissors
skeins of Hamburg line
tarred marline salt or drudging boxes
tin or copper funnels for shells
iron kettles for kit
iron ladles
fuze machine
bolt of duck
dark and common lanterns
copper kettles
copper mealing pan
fine brass wire sieves
common brass wire sieves
gauze sieves with leather bottoms
brass mortar with pestle
rocket mould with former & drift
portfire mould with former and drift
bullet moulds
hand bellows
vise
bench vice
hand vice
tinmans tools
turners tools
oil cloths
tanned hides
rosin
pitch
bees wax
borax
pewter solder
brushes
box of tin
brass & iron wire assorted
sheets of copper
punk
junk for wads
olive oil
linseed oil
white lead
lamp black
carpenters tools
sand paper
coils of rope from one and an half to three inches
receipts
articles
cash accounts
document number
1800120428101
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) | XET16 (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) | XET16a (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] |