William N. Jeffers Letter 10 February 1874

Feby 10, 1874

Sir:
In the effort which the Bureau is making to dispose of all unserviceable powder on hand at the several Magazines, it finds that there exist at all of the Navy Yards a serious discrepancy between the official books and the actual contents of the magazines.
Please, therefore, direct the Inspector of Ordinance to make a personal inventory of the Magazine at Fort Norfolk and report the result in detail, as early as possible, while so doing let the good powder be separated from that which is unserviceable and condemned.

Respectfully,
Wm N. Jeffers
Chief of the Bureau

Commodore T. H. Stevens
Commandant

Fort Norfolk Documents

1776, 1777, 1779,

1782, 1783, 1789,

1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799,

1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809,

1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817,

1846, 1848, 1849,

1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859

1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869

1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875

Source of Information

National Archives, Record Group 74 Records of Bureau of Ordnance

Letters Sent to Navy Yards & Stations, 1842 - 1882.

Norfolk

May 1867 - Oct 1881

Box No. 16, Entry 3

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