Delivery of Supplies
Document 1794Per request of Governor Mifflin, loan of military supplies for defense of frontier.
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Clement Biddle
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War department July 7th 1794.
Sir.
Please to deliver to the order of his Excel-
lency Governor Mifflin, as a loan, for the immediate
defence of the Frontier Counties of Pennsylvania, [underline: Twenty
quarter Casks] of good Rifle powder— [underline: Fifteen hundred
weight] of Lead, and [underline: One Thousand Rifle Flints].
I am Sir,
Your humble Servt
[undecipherable: H Knox]
[undecipherable]
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr
Be pleased to deliver the Powder to the
order of Colt Clent Biddle
Major Hodgdon [undecipherable]
July 7. 1794
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Per request of Governor Mifflin, loan of military supplies for defense of frontier.
Date
07/07/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1794070700301
Page start
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Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Henry Knox
Governor Mifflin
Secretary of War
Colonel Clement Biddle
quartermaster general Pennsylvania
Major Hodgdon
Notable locations
War Department
Frontier Counties of Pennsylvania
frontier
Notable items
deliver to the order
loan
immediate defence
good Rifle powder
weight of lead
Rifle Flints
defense of frontier
casks