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[36] M^r John Harris Sir War Department 8 May 179[?] Be pleased to deliver to Captain Richard Dale of the Ship of War Ganges, the following Military Stores, which are to be charged to that Ship. — Viz^t 2600 lb Powder for Cannon and Muskets in Barrels and half Barrels. — 500 Round Shot of 9 pounders. 200 Double headed — ditto 6000 lb of Grape fixed in cannisters, and put in boxes. 9 pounders. — 3000 Musket Cartridges 300 Pistol .... ditto 4 Muskets with accoutrements Complet[e] 10 Cutlasses with Scabbards. 6 Boarding Pikes. 20 Scabbards for Cutlasses. /The · Cutlasses are on board. —

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Letterbook Copy

Description

Mr. Humphreys is to engage shipwrights to work on the galleys being built by the Quartermaster General at Pittsburgh. These men should enter into a contract with respect to their pay for a period not to exceed six months. Hodgdon should advance these men some pay prior to sending them off by stage to Shippensburg.

Date

04/21/1798

Author

James McHenry

Recipient

Samuel Hodgdon

Sent from

War Office

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Orders to Deliver Naval Ordinance (Correspondence on Arming and Equipping Early Frigates and Ships of War When Navy Was Under War Department), May

Document number

1798042115055

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Note

The author is not shown but, based on content, it is presumed to be James McHenry.

Notable persons

Samuel Hodgdon

[James McHenry]

Notable locations

War Office