Request for Issue of Portfires for Use in Cannon Proving
Document 1798Directs issue of portfires for cannon testing at Cecil Furnace.
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Sir War Office 26 March 1798
Be pleased to deliver to Mr Da Costa eight Sticks of Portfire for proving the Cannon at Cecil Furnace
I am Sir
your obt Servt
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Harris —
[War Office
March 26 1798
Portfire to be deld Mr
De Costa]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of portfires for cannon testing at Cecil Furnace.
Date
03/26/1798
Author
Recipient
Document number
1798032615306
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
James McHenry
Secretary of War
Mr. Da Costa
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
Cecil Furnace
Maryland
War Office
Notable items
cannon testing
portfires
sticks of portfire