Request for Delivery of Cannon Materiel for Inauguration Day Usage
Document 1797Directs delivery of cannon materiel for use on inauguration day, 1797.
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[War Office March 2. 97
From McHenry &
to Gen. T. Proctor and
[undecipherable] Chris. Dunn [undecipherable]]
~ War Office, March 2. 1797.
Sir.
You will be pleased to deliver to the order of Major General Proctor, for public use on the 4th of March ensuing, being the day for the inauguration of the President and Vice President of the United States, the following supply of [underline: ammunition] &c viz—
{ One hundred & seventy pounds — Cannon Powder.
{ Six — portfires — half thin Slow Match — [undecipherable] 12 [undecipherable]—.
{ Forty seven — flannel Cartridges, for 12 pounders.
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
M.r John Harris.—
March 2d 1797.
Sir.
[strikethrough: If there are] no flannel Cartridges in Store, you will give fourteen yards of flannel, and a sufficiency of thread for making them—
James McHenry
M.r Harris
[undecipherable] B. [I am] pleased to [issue?] the above [quantity] &c. [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] a [general?] [receipt?] for the [undecipherable]
Your Obd [Serv?]
[The.?] Proctor
Major Hodg don Esq
[undecipherable] Dep. Gen. Military Stores
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs delivery of cannon materiel for use on inauguration day, 1797.
Date
03/02/1797
Author
Recipient
Document number
1797030200001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
James McHenry
Major General Procter
President
Vice President
Notable locations
War Office
Notable items
cannon
ammunition
cannon powder
slow match
flannel cartridges

