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I receiv'd yours of the 8th in Reply have to acquaint you that the Casting the Cannon & Shott is begun on, & will be ready to be delivered the Ships the 1st of Septr or sooner if needed.2 In the mean time request an Order to the Commandant of Fort Montgomery being within five Miles of the Furnace that when called on he may attend & bring Powder to prove the Gunns, &...
Date: 10 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
On receiving yours of the 13th went immediately for Mr [Samuel] Patricks Furnace in Orange County, found by the Trial he made that the Mettle tho exceeding Grey was no ways suited for casting Gunns, as what he tried burst in the proving tho more than commonly fortified. am just this Minute returned & enclose his Letter
the Price of Pig Iron for some time past in New York is as follows
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Date: 22 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5