Shipment to Georgia
Document 1798Have prepared immediately for shipping to Georgia one thousand muskets and bayonets, fifty barrels of musket powder, and five tons of lead.
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[Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24. 1894. R.P.O.401810.]
War department
May 30. 1793
Sir,
You will please to have prepared immediately for shipping to Georgia, One thousand Muskets and Bayonets — these Arms are to be good but not of the best Sort — also fifty Barrels of Musket pow[der] five Tons of Lead — the Lead Shipp'd June 7. 1793
I am
Sir,
Your humble Servant,
[To] [undecipherable: Stagg] for
[undecipherable: Knox]
[undecipherable: Order]
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr
[complied with 11th June & 22 July 1793]
[cover notation: Letter from the War Office May 30. 1793 among Georgia — to — Samuel Hodgdon Esq.]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Have prepared immediately for shipping to Georgia one thousand muskets and bayonets, fifty barrels of musket powder, and five tons of lead.
Date
02/20/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1798022000101
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Stagg
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
War Office