Adams helped ensure that ammunition was available for Ieyasu's Osaka campaign. English lead that had not found buyers was on hand when the war effort needed it. Advance preparation is suggested because arranging that supply would have required substantial lead time, and Adams had access to Ieyasu's council. The stock could have arrived by coincidence, so its presence does not prove a concealed procurement plan. Adams's wider business supplied cannon, powder, bullets and lead through English and Dutch connections. His practical usefulness to the Tokugawa is contrasted with Portuguese suppliers who, in this account, supplied Catholic lords and refused Ieyasu.
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Lead stocks and arms supply for the siege of Osaka
English lead became useful ammunition supply, prompting a qualified argument that Adams may have helped prepare for war in advance.