Requests Postponement of Shipment of Arms and Accouterments
Document 1791Requests deferral on shipment of arms and accouterments for Captain Cass until further notice.
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[Letter from the War Office Decr 1st 1791 to defer forwarding the Arms & Accoutrements to Trenton for Capt Lear —]
[Received from State De Nov. 24...85 R.P.O.401310.]
[Hy Knox]
Sir.
If you have not shipped the arms and accoutrements for Capt. Lear, you will please to defer it, till further orders — If they are on board the vessel, and it can be done conveniently, please to have them landed and stored[strikethrough: .]
apm.
[signed] [undecipherable: Staggdon?]
Dec. 1st 1791
Mr. Knox.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Requests deferral on shipment of arms and accouterments for Captain Cass until further notice.
Date
12/01/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1791120140001
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Knox
John Stagg
Captain Cass
clerk
chief clerk
Notable locations
War Office
Notable items
arms
accoutrements
shipment