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Robert Treat Paine Papers

Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 3

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From Thomas Cushing

19 August 1776

Extracts from the Minutes of the Continental Congress

20 August 1776
From Daniel and Samuel Hughes
Hughes, Daniel Hughes, Samuel RTP
Honble. Sir, Antietam Furnace, 19:August 1776

We1 shod. be glad you wod. furnish us (by the bearer) with an exact list of the different sized Guns & the number of each we are to Cast, in order that we may make the earliest preparations. The length of each size will be sufficient as to the dimensions, as we have got an approved list of the other proportions. The length of our 18 pounders is 8 1/2 feet, and they are much esteem’d for land service. 24 pounders are 9 feet, & 32 pounders 9 1/2 feet according to our dimensions. We are with due respect Your obet. Servants,

Danl. & Saml. Hughes
269

RC ; addressed: “Honble. Robert Treat Paine Esqr. in Congress”; endorsed. RTP notes diameters of 18, 24, & 32 pounders.

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Daniel and Samuel Hughes of Annapolis, Md., were the operators of the Antietam Furnace. Congress on July 19 had authorized the Cannon Committee to contract with the Hughes brothers for one thousand tons of cannon, advancing $8,000 for that purpose (Journals of the Continental Congress, 5:593, 599).