Request for Issue of Powder & Cannon Implements for Fourth of July
Document 1798Directs issue of powder and cannon implements for use by the Philadelphia militia in Fourth of July celebrations.
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Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of powder and cannon implements for use by the Philadelphia militia in Fourth of July celebrations.
Date
06/26/1798
Author
Recipient
Document number
1798062600200
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
Pennsylvania Militia
Major John Connelly
artillery of Philadelphia Militia
James McHenry
Secretary of War
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
War Office
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Notable items
deliver
cannon powder
priming powder
flannel cartridge
port fire
skein
slow match
Fourth of July
celebration
Independence Day