Delivery of Sundries and Articles to the Secretary of Navy
Document 1798Harris is asked to deliver the listed articles to the order of the Secretary of Navy.
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[Docket: War Office / July 25. 1798 / [undecipherable] Secretary [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]]
War department July 21. 1798
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to the order of the Secretary of the Navy the following articles, viz—
Two Marine Hats.
Two Marine Privates Coats.
Three Marine Serjeants Coats.
Two Marine Musicians Coats.
Four Marine Privates Vests
Two Marine Serjeants Vests.
Two Marine Musicians Vest
Forty six Marine Privates W.Overalls
Four Marine Serjeants linen. d°.
Four Marine Serjeants Woollen. d°.
Sixty four Marine Privates linen d°.
Twenty Privates Shirts
Eight Serjeants. Shirts.
One pair Ship Pistols
One hundred and twenty seven Ship Cutlasses
One hundred and seventy five boarding pikes
Three pieces narrow white bunting
Two pieces narrow red bunting
Two pieces narrow scarlet bunting
Two pieces narrow blue.. d°.
One piece narrow green.. d°.
Four pieces broad green. d°.
Fourteen Old Gun Britchings
Three thousand five hundred & forty [undecipherable] copper bolts.
Eighty one pieces Sail duck.
Forty three Yards and a quarter Sail duck.
One Fire Engine and hose.
Five hundred and twenty four, Pigs. Kentledge
Three Timber Blocks
Fifteen Side Lanthorns
Two Pop Lanthorns - same [undecipherable]
Sixteen Side Lanthorns. d°.
Two Lignum Vitæ Rollers
Two Brass Sheives
Sixteen Lignum Vitæ Sheives
One Chest of Cooper's Tools
Ten Signal flags.
One Sett of English Colours
Two dozen of Knives and forks
One pair of Carving Knives & forks
One hundred and thirty powder horns.
Four hundred pair of Shoes,
One hundred Wooden Cartridge cases
Thirty six Nine pomd Case Shot
One hundred and ninety eight 12 pd Case shot.
One hundred and thirty nine 24 pd. d°.
Seven Case Shot, small howitzers
One hundred & ninety three empty Canisters d°.
Six Tinder Boxes
Eight Shot boxes.
One hundred and ninety one 9 pd Bar Shot
Five hundred and eighty one. 16 pd. d°.
Eight hundred and fifty nine. 18 pd d°.
Ten 2¾ Inch howitzers ——
I am Sir
Your obed't servant —
James M'Henry
[signature]
Mr John [undecipherable]
[Endorsement: Please to deliver the articles within mentioned to Capt. Robt. Gill. Ben Stoddert Secy / 25. July 1798. of the Navy.]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Harris is asked to deliver the listed articles to the order of the Secretary of Navy.
Date
07/21/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1798072100101
Page start
1
Note
Includes a list 54 articles.
Notable persons
John Harris
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Captain Robert Gill
Benjamin Stoddert, Secretary of the Navy
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
hats
coats
vests
overalls
linen
woolen
shirts
ship pistols
cutlasses
boarding pikes
bunting
gun britchings
copper bolts
duck
pigs
blocks
lanthorns
lanterns
rollers
shieves
coopers tools
signal flags
English colors
knives
forks
powder horns
shoes
cartridge cases
shot
howitzers
shoes
tinder boxes
shot boxes
fire engine and hose
sail

