Request for Issue of Ammunition to Quartermaster General
Document 1799Letter, directs issue of flints, powder, cartridges, and lead to Quarter Master General
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War department 29. March 1799.
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to the order of John Wilkins DeP Quarter Master General for the use of the Troops under the command of Brigadier General Macpherson four thousand flints, twenty thousand Musket Cartridges four Quarter Barrels of Rifle powder, and two hundred pounds of Bar lead —
James McHenry
Mr John Harris Delivered 30. March. 179.
gave an Order for the Cartridgs & howell
on the [undecipherable] magazine —
[verso: War Office March 29th 1799 James McHenry Delivery of Stores Dr Morris Genl]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, directs issue of flints, powder, cartridges, and lead to Quarter Master General
Date
03/29/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1799032900301
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
James McHenry
John Wilkins
Brigadier General Macpherson
troops
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
flints
musket cartridges
rifle powder
bar lead
magazine