Receipt for Ordinance of the Algerian Brig and Two Schooners
Document 1798Acknowledges receipt of round shot and bar shot for six pounders, nine pounders, twelve pounders, and eighteen pounders, agreeable to an order from the War Office, for the use of the Algerian brig and two schooners, to be paid for by the Secretary of State.
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Philada [strikethrough: Novemb] [undecipherable] 1798. Received of John Harris
Store Keeper of Military Supplies —
147 . . . 9 pdr Round Shot
635 . . . 18 pdr . . do do 635
663 . . . 6 pdr Bar Shot
326 . . . 9 pdr Bar Shot
854 — 12 pdr Bar Shot
538 . . . 18 pdr Bar Shot, agreeable to an
Order from the War Office, of 16 " [undecipherable: In] for the use of the
Algerine Brig & Two Schooners & to be paid for by the
Secretary of State
Signed Duplicates
for Timothy Pickering Esqr
Secy of State
[The second page contains a columnar tally sheet with headings for various calibers of roundshot, bar shot, and other munitions, with numerical calculations]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Acknowledges receipt of round shot and bar shot for six pounders, nine pounders, twelve pounders, and eighteen pounders, agreeable to an order from the War Office, for the use of the Algerian brig and two schooners, to be paid for by the Secretary of State.
Date
11/26/1798
Author
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1798112660001
Page start
1
Note
Includes the ledger for the shot purchased.
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State
John Harris, Storekeeper of Military Supplies
Notable locations
Philadelphia