Requests Arms to be Sent to Georgia
Document 1793Requests muskets and bayonets. These arms should be good but not of the best sort. Also requests musket powder and lead.
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[Letter from the
War Office
May 20th 1793
Georgia — War department
per via —]
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr
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[Received from State Dept. Nov. 24, 1894. B.P.O. 401810.]
War department
May 30. 1793
Sir,
You will please to have prepared immediately for shipping to Georgia, One thousand Muskets and Bayonets— these Arms are to be good but not of the best Sort— also fifty Barrels of Musket pow[der] five Tons of Lead— to Lieut Regd [undecipherable] June 7. 1793
I am
Sir,
Your humble servant,
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr
[complied with 17th June & 22 July 1793]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Requests muskets and bayonets. These arms should be good but not of the best sort. Also requests musket powder and lead.
Date
05/30/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1793053015001
Page start
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Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Stagg Jr
Notable locations
War Department
Georgia

