Request to Deliver Fire Engine for Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Document 1799Directs issue of a fire engine for use at Harper's Ferry Virginia, presumably for the armory there.
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[War Office Aug 2d 1799 a fire Engine to be Transported to Harpers Ferry, Va from Abt Eugene for Harpers Ferry, Va [undecipherable]]
War Office. August 2. 1799.
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to the Quarter Master General for transportation to Harpers ferry in Virginia the fire Engine in store intended for that place.
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Davis
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of a fire engine for use at Harper's Ferry Virginia, presumably for the armory there.
Date
08/02/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799080200201
Page start
1
Note
Multiple copies of the document exist; these listed under separate collections.
Notable persons
John Harris
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Quartermaster General
John Wilkins
Notable locations
War Office
Harpers Ferry
Virginia
Notable items
fire engine