Request for Powder and Lead

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Request for Powder and Lead

Description

Request for lead and gunpowder to prove musket barrels.

short description

Ltr, asks powder, etc to prove barrels

year created

1799

month created

09

day created

28

recipient

in image

note

The letter also contains two notes, apparently of the same date. The first, in the same hand as the letter, and is signed Rm. C & Co. The second is from Samuel Hodgdon.

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
John Nicholson
Mr. Bass

notable location

Intendent's Office
Intendant's Office
Globe Mill

notable item/thing

quarter casks
gunpowder
lead
barrels

document number

1799092880001

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) XEO19 (2 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: 190
[view document] (2 pages) XEO19a (2 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: 190

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Jonathan Nicholson [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon [unknown] [n/a]