Requests Support for Firearms Experiment
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Requests Support for Firearms Experiment
Description
Letter, discusses rounds of cartridges; asks more guns ordered. Chambers proposes a firearms experiment whereby 60 rounds are fired in 3 minutes time.
short description
Ltr, dis rounds of cartridges.
year created
1792
month created
05
day created
04
author
sent from location
Sign of the Lamb, Market Street
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Joseph G Chambers
notable location
Sign of the Lamb, Market Street
notable item/thing
sixty rounds of cartridge
cartridge
experiment
guns
notable phrase
prepared about sixty rounds of cartridge and am impatient to exhibit the experiment
please order me a couple more guns as I apprehend with twenty shots the gun will be too hot to proceed without danger of bursting or other accident
sorry to disappoint the expectations which might be founded on my proposal
fire the sixty shots in three minutes if nothing fails
appoint a time allowing two or three hours to put the guns in order
document number
1792050440101
page start
1
transcription
5578
Joseph G. Chamber
May 4th 1797
The Hon.<sup>ble</sup> Henry Knox
Secretary of War
XXXI-72
Sign of the Lamb Market Street
May 4. 1792
Sir
I have prepared about Sixty rounds of Cartridge and am impatient to exhibit the Experiment. If you please Order me a Couple more Guns as I apprehend with twenty Shots the Gun will be too hot to proceed without Danger of bursting or other accident. And if the one should not work right I may have a shot an I would be sorry to Disappoint the Expectations which might be founded on my proposal. I expect to fire the Sixty rounds in three minutes if Nothing fails.
Be pleased Sir to appoint a time allowing two or three hours to put the Guns in order. I am Sir your most humble
Joseph G. Chambers
The hon<sup>ble</sup> Secretary of War
Joseph G. Chamber
May 4th 1797
The Hon.<sup>ble</sup> Henry Knox
Secretary of War
XXXI-72
Sign of the Lamb Market Street
May 4. 1792
Sir
I have prepared about Sixty rounds of Cartridge and am impatient to exhibit the Experiment. If you please Order me a Couple more Guns as I apprehend with twenty Shots the Gun will be too hot to proceed without Danger of bursting or other accident. And if the one should not work right I may have a shot an I would be sorry to Disappoint the Expectations which might be founded on my proposal. I expect to fire the Sixty rounds in three minutes if Nothing fails.
Be pleased Sir to appoint a time allowing two or three hours to put the Guns in order. I am Sir your most humble
Joseph G. Chambers
The hon<sup>ble</sup> Secretary of War
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | AKK01 (2 pages) | Collection: Henry Knox Papers. [microfilm] | R: 31, P: 72 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Joseph G Chambers | Sign of the Lamb, Market Street | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |