Request and Instructions for Sending Rifles
Document 1794Request to forward rifles to Carlisle, addressing the shipment to Richard Parker, public storekeeper. If Parker is absent, shipment should be directed to Capt. Sparks.
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[General Hand,
Lancaster]
[Letter 18 Sept.
says to
[undecipherable] Holodon
to send 200 Rifles to Carlisle]
Philadelphia 18th Septr
Dear Sir—
you will please to forward two hundreds of the Rifles you had made for the Public to Carlisle — Address them to Richard Parker Public Storekeeper, or in his Absence to Captain Sparks the Commanding Officer there — Will thank you for information when they forward — the transportation I will Pay — you Most Obedt Sert
Genl Hand Samuel Hodgdon
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Request to forward rifles to Carlisle, addressing the shipment to Richard Parker, public storekeeper. If Parker is absent, shipment should be directed to Capt. Sparks.
Date
09/18/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1794091828001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Hand to Hodgdon, 09/29/1794.
Notable persons
Edward Hand
Samuel Hodgdon
Richard Parker
storekeeper
Sparks
Notable locations
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Carlisle
Notable items
rifles
supplies
arms