Request for Issue of Powder & Lead for Gun Barrel Testing

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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

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