Talk:Henry Foxall

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Not the first defense contractor

Daniel and Samuel Hughes of Washington County, Maryland, were ahead of Foxall as they had written contracts to produce 1,000 tons of cannon in 1776 from their foundries at Antietam, and at Black Rock (South Mountain), and later from the Principio furnace in Cecil County. Samuel Hughes (born c.1741) and his brother Daniel Hughes operated ironworks in Maryland, notably near Antietam Creek in Washington County. The brothers had signed a contract with Congress in July 1776 to supply 1,000 tons of cannon, which Congress had modified in 1778 (see Md. Archives, 12:40; JCC , 5:593,599, 835, 10:306–8, 12:967; and Samuel Hughes to Samuel Purviance, Jr., 22 July 1776, in Naval Documents, 5:1182; see also Samuel and Daniel Hughes to Robert Treat Paine, 19 Aug. 1776, in Naval Documents, 6:236, and Paine to Samuel and Daniel Hughes, 24 Aug., 1 Oct., 20 Nov., and 7 Dec. 1776, in Smith, Letters of Delegates, 5:57–58, 283, 524, 588–89). For subsequent negotiations over cannon between the Board of War and the Hughes brothers, see Board of War to GW, 9 April 1779, DLC:GW; see also GW to Alexander McDougall, 19 April, CSmH. For production and financial problems at the Salisbury furnace in Connecticut, see JCC, 13:405–7. James Hade (talk) 23:57, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@James Hade: I wonder if the descriptor of "first defense contractor" in the cited source was used to refer to the first for the U.S. Navy, which had just formed at the time under President Adams? Your references apply to the government prior to the United States since they predate the ratification of the Constitution and the first legislature in 1789. But I understand your points; are you able to hyperlink your sources? I have no idea how to find any of these references. Cheers, --Engineerchange (talk) 01:38, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]