Regular Returns and Transport of Powder
Document 1792Advised regular communication on returns and ordered all powder to be encased in barrel to protect canvas from injury.
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War department
July 10. 1792.
Sir,
I have received your letter of the 6th instant.
It is important that I should receive regular returns of the Stores you receive, by every post.
The Powder in future shall gain an outside barrel which will secure the canvass from injury.
I am
Sir
Your humble servant
[signature]
Secy of [War?]
[Major Craig]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Advised regular communication on returns and ordered all powder to be encased in barrel to protect canvas from injury.
Date
07/13/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1792071314001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Craig to Knox, 07/20/1792.
Notable persons
Isaac Craig
Henry Knox
Notable locations
War Department
Pittsburgh
Notable items
canvas
powder
returns
returns of stores