Inscription for Gen. Greene's honorary cannon
Document 1784Memorandum with the inscription to be placed on two brass cannon taken from the British to be given by order of Congress to Major General Nathaniel Greene in honor of his services as commander of the Southern Army in the Revolutionary war. The direction to obtain the canon at West Point and deliver them to a contractor for the engraving work.
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Memorandum for Colo
Pickering — 6th March
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(Two brass six pounders to be engraven for Genl Greene.)
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Memorandum with the inscription to be placed on two brass cannon taken from the British to be given by order of Congress to Major General Nathaniel Greene in honor of his services as commander of the Southern Army in the Revolutionary war. The direction to obtain the canon at West Point and deliver them to a contractor for the engraving work.
Date
03/06/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1784030628001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
Samuel Hodgdon
Major General Greene
Britons
Congress
Southern Army
enemy
Colonel Pickering
Commandant
Mr. Billings
Commissioner of Military Stores
Notable locations
Philadelphia
West Point
Notable items
two brass six-pounder canon
monument
military talents
difficulties and dangers
numbers
two pieces of ordnance
brass
six pounders
carriages
best terms
inscription
decorations
paid