From the Founders Online site.
A letter written from Chambers in Philadelphia at the White Horse High Street. He had handwritten the president earlier "on the subject of an improvement in firearms...." His repeating guns. No doubt here he was inquiring as to whether the president had seen his letter.
Joseph Gaston Chambers (1756-1829) lived in West Middleton, in the town of Hopewell, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
He received a patent for "Gunnery, repeating" on 23 March 1813.
He had written to George Washington previously, but that letter was not found. No further correspondence between the two has been found. he also wrote a letter to Jefferson.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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