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I recd your Esteemed favour of the 15th Instant p Col: [Mark] Bird directing me to attend the proving &ca the cannon made at Sd Cols Furnace2 ー You may assure your Selves I shall attend that Service faithfully when ever it is needfull & direct the same in Such a manner as I hope will give general Satisfaction to your Honourable Board, If you Should think proper to direct me to...
Date: 22 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
The purport of this is to acquaint you that I have been at Col: Grubb's Furnace where I proved Two of their 12 lbrs with 8 lb of powder & two Shot, boath Stood, Mr Bustead had proved one of them with 12 lb of Powder & one Shot before my arivel. last Saturday I left their when they had 27 twelve pounders cast, the Majore part of which looks Extreemly well & cast very Smooth aqualety...
Date: 10 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Since my arrive1 here I have been at Mr Birds Furnace to know how they were like to Succeed in casting their contract of cannon, and find Mr Bird hath Sold one of his Teams of horses & Ordered the Manneger to cast the few Moulds they had made & no more, and put the furnace out of Blast, and then bore the remainder of the guns. They have cast in all 60 ー 12 pounders 19 ー 9 pounders &...
Date: 24 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Sir: Agreeable to your request I have look'd at the Fireraffts, & turn'd my thoughts a little towards considering what combustable matter it will be necessary to charge them with. First, as to their shape it will do, But they should be raised upon three Loggs at least, and three or four pieces of Scantiling truniled across them, & the tight part of the rafft Trunil'd upon the...
Date: 16 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3