Delivery of Shot

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Type

Letter Signed

Description

Orders to deliver shot to the ship's captain Mordecai Lewis for ship India bound for Batavia.

Date

08/18/1797

Author

James McHenry

Recipient

John Harris

Sent from

War Office

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe And

Document number

1797081800101

Page start

1

Notable persons

John Harris
Military Storekeeper
Secretary of War
clerk
Mordecai Lewis
Samuel Lewis, Sr.
James McHenry
Captain Ashmead
treasurer

Notable locations

War Office
Batavia

Notable items

three and four pound shot
swivel shot
money
ship India
ship Indian
pay