One Hundred Pair of Pistols at $20 Per Pair
Document 1799Miles will make pistols like the model sent for the government for $20 per pair.
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Hon'd Sir,
I have Examined the St Etienne Back Work't Pistols and Shold Government think Proper to have any of them Made Shold be glad to undertake a quantity not less then one Hundred Pair a Twenty Dollars Pr Pair and Will Guaranty them as good as the Pattern in Every Respect.
I am Sir
Your Mt H'ble & Ob't Serv't
Jn° Miles
NB I Consider them the Most Serviceable Pistol I Have Ever Seen
[Endorsements on exterior, rotated:] Jn° Miles / Phil[adelphia] [undecipherable] / Rec'd [undecipherable] / Thomas [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]
[Stamp: State Dep't. Feb 24, 1894. Removed from P.O. 401810.]
[Address:] [undecipherable] Philadelphia [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Esq[?]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Miles will make pistols like the model sent for the government for $20 per pair.
Date
02/25/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799022580001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Miles
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
St. Etienne black worked pistole
pistols
pattern