Request for Issue of Powder for Gun Barrel Tests
Document 1798Directs issue of musket powder for use in musket & pistol trials.
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Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of musket powder for use in musket & pistol trials.
Date
04/07/1798
Author
Recipient
Document number
1798040715001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
James McHenry
Secretary of War
military storekeeper
Samuel Hodgdon
John Nicholson
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
musket barrel
pistol barrel
cask of powder
proving
cask