Gun Powder and Lead for Chickasaws
Document 1789Deliver to Gov. Randolph gun powder and lead to be furnished to Chickasaw Nation.
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[Order Secretary of War on Capt Holt for Powder &
Lead 1789
Dec 24th]
To Captain Thomas Holt
Sir,
Deliver to the order of his Excellency Governor Randolph, a quantity of Gun Powder not exceeding Two thousand weight, and Lead proportioned thereto, according to the quantity furnished by the state of Virginia to the Chicasaw Nation, which will be certified to you by his Excellencys the Governors Order. —
Given at the War Office this Twenty fourth day of December one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty nine —————
H Knox
Secretary of War —
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Deliver to Gov. Randolph gun powder and lead to be furnished to Chickasaw Nation.
Date
12/24/1789
Author
Recipient
Document number
1789122400201
Notable persons
Captain Thomas Holt
Henry Knox
Governor Randolph
Chickasaw
Indians
Indian Nation
Secretary of War
Chickasaw Nation
Notable locations
Virginia
Notable items
gun powder
lead
sale of ammunition
Indian relations