Brass Field Pieces on Public Property?
Document 1796The Secretary of War wants Jones to inform him whether the brass field pieces in the hands of the militia at Charleston are on United States property.
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[Letter from the War Office, No. [undecipherable], [undecipherable] 179[undecipherable]]
[Samuel Hodgdon Esqr]
War Office July 26. 179[6]
Sir
The Secretary of War requests you would inform him whether the brass field pieces in the hands of the Militia at Charleston are the property of the United States. —
I am Sir
Your obedt Sert
Samuel Hodgdon Esq
[undecipherable: Wm G[undecipherable]]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
The Secretary of War wants Jones to inform him whether the brass field pieces in the hands of the militia at Charleston are on United States property.
Date
07/26/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1796072615101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Nathan Jones
Notable locations
War Office