Request for Issue of Portfires for Testing Ships' Guns
Document 1798Directs issue of portfires for use in proving ships' guns.
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Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of portfires for use in proving ships' guns.
Date
06/30/1798
Author
Recipient
Repository
Document number
1798063000100
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
military storekeeper
Algerine vessel
Samuel Hodgdon
Tench Francis
purveyor
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
War Office
Notable items
proving guns
portfires