Cannon Mounted in Seacoast Fortifications
Type
Autograph Document Signed
Title
Cannon Mounted in Seacoast Fortifications
Description
Return of the Cannon to be mounted in the fortifications on the seacoast of the respective states agreeably to law and the quantity of ammunition to be issued by the superintendent of military stores as a supply to each. Listed by port with remarks.
short description
Return of Cannon Mounted in Seacoast Fortifications
year created
1794
month created
07
day created
25
author
sent from location
War Department
in collection
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Superintendent of Military Stores
notable location
Portland
Portsmouth
Gloucester
Salem
Marblehead
Boston
New Port
New London
New York
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Baltimore
Annapolis
Alexandria
Norfolk
Ocracoke
Wilmington, North Carolina
Cape Fear
Charleston
George Town
Savannah
St. Marys
notable item/thing
cannon
fortifications
ammunition
guns
ports
powder
ball shot
apparatus
round shot
mortars
howitzers
ports to be fortified
number of guns to be mounted
cannon belonging to the states
cannon belonging to the United States
fortifications on the seacoasts of the respective states
quantity of ammunition to be issued
powder at 1/3 weight of the ball and every apparatus complete for 50 rounds
Sea Mortars
50 rounds for mortars and howitzers
100 rounds for cannon each
ammunition
rounds for 24 pounders and 18 pounders
brass 4 pounders
howitzer
rounds for 12 pounders
2 pounders mounted on Franklin carriages
document number
1794072510010
