Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Introduction ix
1 "The people … cannot help themselves" 1
The Failure of War Mobilization and the Call for a National Weapons Program
2 "Laboratories … ordnance … artificers [and] Ammunition" 21
The Department of the Commissary General of Military Stores
3 "On the same plan as … Woolwich" 51
Adopting the Industrial Revolution in America
4 "Regiment of Artillery Artificers" and "hired men" 79
Promoting a Manufacturing Revolution in Philadelphia
5 "Artificers, Who Prefer Liberty to Slavery" 98
Manufacturing Innovation at Carlisle and Springfield
6 "Devise ways and means for procuring [cannon]" 117
Directing Private Manufacturers: Inspection and Instruction
7 "We manufactured all the articles necessary for our defence" 142
Directing Private Manufacturers: Providing Resources
8 "The American Foundery" 173
Military Stores Activities after the Revolution
Conclusion 207
Notes 215
Bibliography 255
Acknowledgments 263
Index 265