Delivery of Arms and Armaments
Document 1791Orders to deliver muskets, bayonets, musket powder, and lead to Clement Biddle, Quartermaster General for the state of Pennsylvania.
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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
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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 am
Sir
Your humble Servant
[signature]
Major Craig,
Fort Pitt.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Orders to deliver muskets, bayonets, musket powder, and lead to Clement Biddle, Quartermaster General for the state of Pennsylvania.
Date
03/31/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1791033114101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Isaac Craig
Henry Knox
Quartermaster General
Colonel Clement Biddle
Notable locations
Fort Pitt
War Department
Pennsylvania
Notable items
muskets
bayonets
musket powder
lead