Request for Issue of Powder & Shot for Proving Carbines
Document 1799Directs issue of powder and ball sufficient to test 100 carbines. A short note by Hodgdon is appended.
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[War Office
March 14th 1799.
Order & Must. Ball &
do. Nicholson —]
War department 14th March 1799
Sir Be pleased to deliver to the Order of Mr John Nicholson One quarter Cask of Gunpowder to prove Gun Barells and Balls sufficient to prove One hundred Carbines
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Harris
The necessary Ball must also be returned to Mr Nicholson
Samuel Hodgdon
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of powder and ball sufficient to test 100 carbines. A short note by Hodgdon is appended.
Date
03/04/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799030400001
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
multiple
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
carbines
powder