Request for Issue of Replacement Canvas, Oil, Rope, Etc. for Galley
Document 1798Directs issue of canvas, train oil, rope, etc. for use on a galley at Pittsburgh; these will replace articles intended for the same but sent elsewhere.
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[War dept
June 28
Send nio to & from to Pittsburg]
War department. June 28. 1798.
Sir,
The Purveyor has been directed to purchase and deposit in the public Store. Nine pieces of Canvas No 4. Ten Gallons of Train Oil. One hundred pounds White lead in Oil. One Coil 2½ Inch Rope 80 fathoms One Coil 3 Inch Rope 120 fathoms 2 Coils Spun Yarn one Set of Blocks intended for the Galley at Pittsburg which articles are intended to replace some of the same kind destined for the Lake Erie and for the Galley at Pittsburg but which were shipped by order of the Commander in chief on Board the Vessels that descended the Ohio with himself. As soon as you receive them deliver them to Mr. Hodgdon for transportation
James McHenry
Mr. John Harris
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of canvas, train oil, rope, etc. for use on a galley at Pittsburgh; these will replace articles intended for the same but sent elsewhere.
Date
06/28/1798
Author
Recipient
Document number
1798062800100
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
military storekeeper
purveyor
public stores
commander in chief
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
Secretary of War
Notable locations
War Department
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Notable items
galley
canvas
train oil
rope
galley
articles
fathoms
coil of rope
vessels
transportation

