Transportation of Artillery Equipment
Document 1799Directs that arrangements be made by the Army's Quartermaster General for the transportation of the cannon and equipment of a detachment of artillery.
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[undecipherable]
War Department
March 26. 1799.
Sir
Captain [undecipherable] has been directed to march to tomorrow morning from [undecipherable] with a Company of Artilleri-ce will take with him from this [undecipherable] the Three pounders and their in case the [undecipherable] pounders should not be ready [undecipherable] Apparatus. You will request the Quarter Master General to have in readiness the means of transportation of the Cannon, Sto- and Baggage of the Company.
I am Sir,
&your obedt servant,
James McHenry
[Brigadr Genl McPherson -]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Directs that arrangements be made by the Army's Quartermaster General for the transportation of the cannon and equipment of a detachment of artillery.
Date
03/26/1799
Author
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799032600001
Page start
1
Note
The recipient copy of this document was found at the Pierpont Morgan Library interleaved in Bancroft's History of the United States. PML78916-78927(IIii) This copy of the document copy not be filmed or copied.
Notable persons
William McPherson
James McHenry
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
quartermaster
transportation
cannon
artillery
equipment
detachment
baggage
three pounder