Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 [Endorsement authorizing U.S. Navy to store munitions at Fort Mifflin]

GLC02027

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GLC#
GLC02027
Type
Documents
Date
13 June 1865
Author/Creator
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Title
[Endorsement authorizing U.S. Navy to store munitions at Fort Mifflin]
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 34.8 cm, Width: 21.1 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Document signed by Commodore Henry K. Hoff as Inspector of Ordnance. Written to Commander Henry Alexander Wise as the Chief of Bureau of Ordnance. Marked "No. 272" Says there is enough room for 500 barrels of powder in the magazine at Fort Mifflin. Contains several dockets on the recto of second page. There is a second signature of Hoff as well as a note with the illegible signature R. Julick of the Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance that says General Alexander B. Dyer was asked about storing powder in Fort Mifflin. There is a note dated 14 June and signed by General Dyer saying the army does not need the magazine and that the navy can use it. Another signed by Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant says this letter is being forwarded to the Secretary of War. Following note giving approval is signed by Assistant Secretary of War Charles A. Dana.

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