Virginia. Public Foundry.

On May 22, 1776, the fifth revolutionary convention approved a proposal to construct a cannon foundry and blast furnace for the manufacture of ordnance. A site at Westham, near Richmond, was purchased and construction began immediately. When it was completed, the foundry complex included eight blast furnaces, a boring mill, and the foundry, besides all the buildings necessary to house workers and store supplies. These records give a chronological list of payments made for supplies and labor in the operation of the foundry.

From the description of Ledgers, 1776-1782. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122608758