Request for Issue of Assorted Military Stores, Tools & Materials to Fort Mifflin
Item
Type
Document Signed
Title
Request for Issue of Assorted Military Stores, Tools & Materials to Fort Mifflin
Description
Directs issue of assorted items for Fort Mifflin, including cannon ammunition, materials for portfires & rockets, components for barrels and sponges, artillery implements, compasses, tools, a "fuze machine," camp equipment, gunpowder components, raw minerals & metals, rope, etc.
year created
1800
month created
11
day created
27
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
in collection
notable person/group
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
John Wilkins
quartermaster general
notable location
Philadelphia
Fort Mifflin
Mud Island
notable item/thing
cannon powder
cannon ball twenty four pounder
cannon ball eighteen pounder
cannon ball nine pounder
sheels
formers
reams of rocket paper
portfire paper
flannel
cotton wick
spirits of wine
white wine vinegar
dressed sheep skins for spunges
spunge tacks
copper nails
copper scales with weights
powder horns with belts
gunners gimblets
gunners punches
gunners priming wires
bass quadrant with plumet
gunters scales
callibre compasses
coopers copper adze and driver
tenant saw
pinchers
rasps
laboratory or shoemakers knives
scissors
needles
skeins of Hamburg line
skeins of tarred marline
twine
thread
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 lanterns
common lanterns
copper kettle
copper mealing pan
brass wire sieves
gauze sieves with leather bottoms
brass mortar with pestle
rocket mould with drift and former
mold
portfire mould with drift and former
bullet moulds
hand bellows
tinmans tools
oil cloth
tanned hides
salt petre
salt peter
sulfur
sulphur
antimony
rosin
pitch
beeswax
borax
pewter solder
brushes
box of tin
brass wire
iron wire
sheets of copper
junk for wads
olive oil
linseed oil
white lead
lamp black
sheet lead
whet stones
quires of sand paper
coils of rope
slow match
document number
1800112728001
page start
1
number of pages
4
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | XBC13 (4 pages) | Collection: Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92) | Big list supplies for Ft. Mifflin |
| [view document] (4 pages) | XBC13a (4 pages) | Collection: Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92) | Big list supplies for Ft. Mifflin |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Harris | Philadelphia | [n/a] |