Requests Assistance to Prove Guns

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Reports letter from Mr. Hughes, a Maryland contractor who casts cannons, requesting someone to prove guns. Requests shot powder. Carving on guns includes an eagle which must be done in Philadelphia.

Date

10/02/1794

Author

Tench Coxe

Recipient

John Stagg

Sent from

Revenue Office

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Letters Sent (Letterbook) of Commissioner of the Revenue, Tench Coxe, Relating to War Department Procurement, Apr 14, 1794-Aug 26, 1796. (RG75) (M74)

Document number

1794100255101

Page start

1

Notable persons

John Stagg
Tench Coxe
Mr. Hughes
Mr. DeKancey
contractor
clerk

Notable locations

Maryland
War Department
Revenue Office
Maryland
Philadelphia

Notable items

carving
eagle
shot powder
casting cannon
guns
drawings
proving cannon