Schuylkill Arsenal papers, 1829-1859.

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Schuylkill Arsenal papers, 1829-1859.

Schuylkill Arsenal papers, 1829-1859.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54513873

Contains the following types of materials: correspondence / letters. Contains information pertaining to the following wars: Early Indian Wars, Mexican War. Contains information pertaining to the following military units: Military personnel and units mention include Lieutenant Dawson, 1st Artillery Regiment; Neal Campbell, inspector; Captain J.R. Irwin, Assistant Quartermaster for Transportation; General Thomas S. Jesup; Lieutenant Ross, recruiter at Albany New York; Captain Tompkins; Captain Stewart Van Vliet, Assistant Quartermaster, New York; Major Levi Whiting, Clothing Bureau, War Department, Washington; "A" Company, 2nd Artillery; "K" Company, 2nd Artillery, at Buffalo, New York; 4th Infantry, 2nd Dragoons. General description of the collection: The Schuylkill Arsenal papers include correspondence from the General Callender Irvine, Office of the Commissary General for Purchases in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Military Storekeeper (namely Captain Peter Simons Fayssoux (d.1833); his son Captain Edwards Smith Fayssoux, 1833-1852; or Captain R.W. Potter) at Schuylkill Arsenal. Topics include contracts with merchants; specifications, procurement, and inspections of goods such as forage caps, shirts, stockings, hospital tents, blankets, and halter headstalls; orders received; and others. Correspondence from the Office of Army Clothing and Equipage (namely Colonel Henry Stanton or assistants James Warren, Brevet Major E.B. Babbitt (later Quartermaster General of the Pacific), Colonel Charles A. Thomas, or Major G.H. Crossman (or Crosman)), Philadelphia, to the Military Storekeeper (namely Captain Edwards Smith Fayssoux, Captain R.W. Potter, or Captain George Gibson, Jr.) at Schuylkill Arsenal, is found within the collection. The collection contains correspondence from the War Department Clothing Bureau (namely Major Levi Whiting), Washington, D.C., to the Commissary General for Purchases in Philadelphia, requesting that periodic reports be submitted. Merchants, goods, and factories mentioned include Mr. Boardman; John Brown; Mr. Burke, boots; Mr. Button, stockings; William Chamberlain, stockings; Mr. Churchill, cloth; Crescent Factory; Charles J. Dupont, cloth; John F. Eppelsheimer, leather; Mr. Gethen, cloth; William H. Horstmann & Sons; Dennis Kelly, cloth; Mr. Kimball; Mr. H. Korn; Mr. Lawrence of Lowell; Mr. Oakford, boots; Mr. Perry, cloth; Samuel Rhoads, cloth; George Rigely, stockings; Mr. Shindler, tent maker; Sinnards Company; Alfred Slade, cloth; M. Thomas & Sons; Mr. Vinyard, tent maker; and Edward Winchell, tents.

1 box.

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