Request for Issue of Musket Stocks to Arms Manufacturers in Danbury, Connecticut
Document 1799Directs issue of 200 musket stocks to contractors in Danbury, CT, for use in arms manufacture. There is also a note describing some mitigating circumstance in the delivery, presumably written by John Harris.
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Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of 200 musket stocks to contractors in Danbury, CT, for use in arms manufacture. There is also a note describing some mitigating circumstance in the delivery, presumably written by John Harris.
Date
06/24/1799
Author
Recipient
Repository
Document number
1799062400201
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
John Wilkins Jr
Quartermaster General
Joseph Clark and Co
contractors
Captain Homideau
Notable locations
War Office
Danbury, Connecticut
Notable items
fabricating small arms
seasoned black walnut musket stocks
gun stocks