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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00542 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0016] January-April 1777 |
| Title | Description of an artillery laboratory |
| Date | 3 March 1777 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Plans for an artillery laboratory with "room for 60 men to work," store rooms, "an air furnace," shops for fifty carpenters, forty smiths, twenty wheel makers, as well as tin men and harness makers, "in all about 200 artificers." Plans also call for barracks for the workmen, as well as an academy there for the study of gunnery, a powder mill and magazines full of arms and powder. Text lost at the bottom of the document. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Artillery Building Construction Artisans Education Weaponry Mill Ammunition |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Science, Technology, Invention; Industry |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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