Delivery of Lead for Ammunition
Document 1796Letter, directs delivery of lead for balls to prove new gun barrels.
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[Div.t of War.
Novr 30th 1796.
Lead to be delivered Saml. Baggon Esqr. —
[underline: Lead]]
War-Office, Nov. 30. 1796.
Sir.
Please to deliver Samuel Hodgdon a quarter of hundred Wt. of [underline: Lead], to [strikethrough: for the purpose of] casting into balls, to prove [underline: new gun barrels].
James McHenry
[Mr Harris:] Mr Harris will please to deliver the Lead mentioned above to Mr Nicholson —
30 November 1796 Samuel Hodgdon
[signature with flourish]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Letter, directs delivery of lead for balls to prove new gun barrels.
Date
11/30/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1796113000001
Page start
1
Note
Two short missives, one appended to the other.
Notable persons
John Harris
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgeon
Mr Nicholson
Notable locations
War Office
Notable items
lead
casting
balls
gun barrels