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100 Rounds of Muskett & Pistol Balls ✓ 12 Speaking Trumpets 18 Tons of Artilledias 18 Howitzers — eight inch or of 4 or 6 pounders a Set of Implements for each Gun 30 Barrels Powder for Musketts & Pistols — [John Harris Sir] War Office June 1^st 1797 I request that the Purveyor may be furnish'd with the following Articles — Two hundred Pistol Barrels ) Two hundred d° Flocks ) to complete the [undecipherable] Two hundred d° mountings ) on [undecipherable: Starkman's?] [undecipherable] Two hundred Pistol Locks ) for the Frigate ) United States The Same as above — for Pistols for the Frigate [undecipherable: Const—] The Same .... for the Frigate Constellation [John Harris Sir] War Office June 17 1797 You will be pleased to deliver to Tench Francis Purveyor for the naval Service the following Articles wanting repairs which are to be returned to the Store when compleated — viz — 40 Blunderbusses 300 Blades & [undecipherable] for boarding Pikes 550 Cutlasses James M^c[undecipherable: Henry?]

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Letterbook Copy

Description

Harris is directed to furnish the Purveyor with the following to complete the fabrication of the 200 pistols for the frigate "United States": pistol barrels, pistol stocks, pistol mounting, pistol locks. The same materials are needed for the frigates "Constitution" and "Constellation."

Date

06/16/1797

Author

James McHenry

Recipient

John Harris

Sent from

War Office

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy Was Under War Department), May

Document number

1797061615055

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The author is not shown but, based on the content, it is believed to be James McHenry.

Notable persons

John Harris

[James McHenry]

Notable locations

War Office