Supplies of gun powder and salt petre
Item
Type
Printed Document
Title
Supplies of gun powder and salt petre
Description
The Commissioner of the Revenue encloses a copy of a letter from Tench Francis, relative to the purchase of ingredients for gun powder, or gun powder itself. Adds that the only parcel of salt petre known to have been imported elsewhere than in Philadelphia was procured at Providence, Rhode Island, amounting to about 22 tons. The contract with Willing & Francis has been pending some days, but not completed. No powder could be got under the prices offered by Whelen & Miller. Hamilton has ordered and received some salt petre from Europe.
year created
1794
month created
12
day created
09
author
sent from location
Treasury Department
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
LC, RG 75, Letters of Tench Coxe, Commissioner of the Revenue, Relating to the Procurement of Military, Naval, and Indian Supplies, National Archives.
notable person/group
Alexander Hamilton
Tench Coxe
Thomas Willing
Thomas Mayne Willing
Thomas Willing Francis
merchants
Israel Whelen
Joseph Miller
notable location
Treasury Department
Philadelphia
Providence
Rhode Island
Europe
Revenue Office
notable item/thing
gun powder
salt petre
imports
importation
contract
contractors
document number
1794120990000
Item sets
Document instances
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Tench Coxe | Treasury Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] | [n/a] |