Invoice of powder purchased of Whelen and Miller by Tench Francis.
Document 1794Stores, invoice of powder sold to United States by Whelen & Miller.
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Invoice of Powder now in the Magazine near Frankford sold to Tench Francis Esqr agent for the United States and of which the Samples have been approved on trial
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FP fifty nine Bbls of one hundred weight each and five hundred & seventy one qr Barks of twenty five pounds each —
FP 2 twenty seven Bbls of the above weight & two hundred & fifty three qr Kegs of the same weight with the above [strikethrough: quarter Kegs] —
FP 3 fourteen Bbls and one hundred & one quarter Barks —
MKP eighty one quarter casks —
RFB 1 thirty five quarter casks —
RFB 2 fifty [undecipherable] quarter casks —
Philada January 20th 1794
Whelen & Miller
Philadelphia 20 January 1794 I certify that I have proved the Powder as stated in the above Invoice agreeably to Instructions received at the War Office, and find it to answer thereto in every respect. — Note forty Casks promiscuously taken were with the Certificate given by Mr Wheeling & Miller to determine the proof of the whole quantity of the same marks then in the Magazine at Frankfor[d]
[signature]
Tench Cox[e]
We Certify that the barks containing the Powder in the Magazine at Frankfort, from which the Samples were taken by Captain Fisher for trial and proof under the orders of the Secretary of War and those of the same marks respectively in the said Magazine sold this day by us to Tench Francis for the Public use and delivered to Samuel Hodgdon Commissary of Military Stores are of the same Kinds and qualities and we accordingly Warrant them all to be of equal goodness and to stand the same proof
Whelen & Miller
Type
Autograph Document Signed
Description
Stores, invoice of powder sold to United States by Whelen & Miller.
Date
01/20/1794
Author
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1794012090001
Page start
1
Notable persons
multiple
Samuel Hodgdon
Fisher
Whelen
Miller
Tench Francis
Secretary of War
agent
commissary of military stores
Captain Fisher
Henry Knox
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
War Office
Frankfort
United States
magazine
Notable items
same kinds and qualities
we accordingly warrant them all to be of equal goodness and to stand the same proof
sample
approved on trial
invoice
powder
magazine
barrels
quarter casks
certify that I have proved the powder
agreeably to instructions received at the War Office
find it to answer
samples
trial and proof
orders of the Secretary of War
marks
warrant

