Request for Issue of Powder & Lead for Gun Barrel Testing
Document 1798Directs issue to Mr. John Nicholson, one quarter cask of musket powder and 56 pounds of lead for the proving of gun barrels.
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[War Office
May 7. 1798.
list of Musket powder to be
of it. Mr Nicholson for the
purpose of proving mustt Barrels]
War department
May 7. 1798
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to Mr John Nicholson
One quarter cask of Musket powder and fifty six
pounds of lead for the purpose of proving Gun barrells
James McHenry
Samuel [undecipherable]
Mr John Davis
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue to Mr. John Nicholson, one quarter cask of musket powder and 56 pounds of lead for the proving of gun barrels.
Date
05/07/1798
Author
Recipient
Document number
1798050715004
Page start
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Notable persons
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
Secretary of War
War Department
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
cask
musket powder
lead
gun barrels