Order to Deliver Lead
Document 1796Order to deliver lead to to Purveyor of public stores, cost to be charged to Secretary of State
Sec. of War Nov. 22. 1796 15 tons of lead to be deliver- ed to the Purveyor, and charged to the Sec. of State. War Office November 22 1796 Sir, Be pleased to deliver to the Purveyor of public supplies Fifteen Tons of lead and charge the same to the Secretary of State. I am Sir Your obed. Servant James W Henry Samuel Higdon W. John Harris
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
War Office November 22 1796
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to the Purveyor of public Supplies Fifteen Tons of lead and charge the same to the Secretary of State.
I am Sir
Your obed Servant
James McHenry
[signature]
Mr John Harris
[docket, written sideways: Col. [undecipherable]
Novr 22, 1796
[Be?] to the Purveyor to deliver
fifteen [Tons?] of lead and
charge [undecipherable] to the Secy of State]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Order to deliver lead to to Purveyor of public stores, cost to be charged to Secretary of State
Date
11/22/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1796112200101
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
James McHenry
Secretary of War
Samuel Hodgdon
Secretary of State
Notable locations
War Office
public stores
Notable items
lead
materials