Delivery of Arms and Armaments

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Delivery of Arms and Armaments

Description

Orders to deliver muskets, bayonets, musket powder, and lead to Clement Biddle, Quartermaster General for the state of Pennsylvania.

short description

Delivery of Arms and Armaments

year created

1791

month created

03

day created

31

author

sent from location

War Department

recipient

sent to location

Fort Pitt

in collection

in image

notable person/group

Isaac Craig
Henry Knox
Quartermaster General
Colonel Clement Biddle

notable location

Fort Pitt
War Department
Pennsylvania

notable item/thing

muskets
bayonets
musket powder
lead

document number

1791033114101

page start

1

transcription

War department,31st March 1791
Sir
Deliver to the order of Colonel Clement Biddle, Quarter master General for the State of Pennsylvania, two hundred muskets and bayonets, five hundred weight of musket powder and one thousand weight of lead.
I amSirYour humble servantHKnoxSecy of War
Major CraigFort Pitt

Item sets

Document instances

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[view document] (1 pages) IAH05 (1 pages) Collection: James Robertson Papers IA005

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Henry Knox War Department [n/a]
Recipient Isaac Craig Fort Pitt [n/a]