Request for issue of Powder & Shot for Use in Cannon Trials
Document 1798Directs issue of powder and shot for purpose of testing cannon.
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War Office February 15. 1798
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver Samuel Hodgdon to be transported to Cecil furnace for the proving of forty four twelve pounders now lying there, Six Barrels of best Cannon powder and One hundred and eighty twelve pound Shot—
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Harris
[Docket on exterior: War Office Feby 15. 1798 — Cannon a shot to be transported to Cecil furnace —]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of powder and shot for purpose of testing cannon.
Date
02/15/1798
Author
Recipient
Document number
1798021515102
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
Secretary of War
Notable locations
War Office
Cecil Furnace
Maryland
Notable items
powder
shot
cannon
testing of cannon
proving
cannon powder
barrels
12 pound shot