Order to Deliver 1,000 Muskets, Bayonets and Cartridge Boxes to the Gov. of New York
Document 1794Letter, directs delivery of arms to governor of New York.
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[Order and rect. for Muskets and Cartouche Boxes delivered the Governor of New York in the year 1794. Knox — 1794]
War Department
July 20th 1794
Sir
You will deliver to the order of his Excellency the Governor of the State of New York, one thousand Muskets and Bayonets, and the same number of the best Cartridge boxes in your store.
I am
Sir
your humble Servant
[signature]
Sir
Deliver the Muskets and Cartridge Boxes mentioned in the above Order to Major General Gansevoort by his Order
[undecipherable: signature]
New York [undecipherable] August 1794
Captain Houdin
Keeper of the Military Stores of the
United States at Albany
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Letter, directs delivery of arms to governor of New York.
Date
07/28/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1794072800301
Page start
1
Notable persons
Michael Houdin
Henry Knox
Major General Gansevoort
Governor of the State of New York
Captain Houdin
keeper of military stores at Albany
Secretary of War
Governor Clinton
Notable locations
Albany
War Department
New York
Notable items
deliver
muskets and bayonets
best cartridge boxes in your store

