Delivery of Files & Powder
Document 1794Jones received from Charles Anderson, wagoner, one box of sixty dozen assorted files and from Alex White nineteen barrels of powder, without invoice.
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The Secretary of War
[67]
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Jones received from Charles Anderson, wagoner, one box of sixty dozen assorted files and from Alex White nineteen barrels of powder, without invoice.
Date
03/21/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Document number
1794032180001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Michael Jones
Major Isaac Craig
Charles Anderson
Alex White
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Notable items
wagon
box
files
barrels of powder
invoice

