Receipt of equipment, shoddy weapons
Document 1799Harris received a shipment of saddles, uniforms, and weaponry. The cannon received held up to a test firing, but the muskets show inferior quality and poor workmanship
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Harris received a shipment of saddles, uniforms, and weaponry. The cannon received held up to a test firing, but the muskets show inferior quality and poor workmanship
Date
06/19/1799
Author
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799061940101
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
John Harris
Captain Rogers
Colonel Ebenezer Stevens
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
trunks
boxes
saddlery
saddles
chest of German manufactured arms
arms
barrels
powder
lead
muskets
bayonets
iron
locks
stocks