Request for Issue of Portfires for Testing Ships' Guns

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Type

Document Signed

Description

Directs issue of portfires for use in proving ships' guns.

Date

06/30/1798

Recipient

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