Request to deliver powder for proving musket barrels, and lead for balls

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Now I have all four pages. Page 1 is the docket/endorsement verso, Page 2 is the primary document, Page 3 is a printed "Other Copies" divider (not part of the original), and Page 4 is a secondary copy. I'll transcribe the primary document with the docket noted in brackets. --- [Docket, verso: Int[undecipherable] Off[ice] / 30 October / Powder [undecipherable] to be / [undecipherable] M[r.] Richardson / [ledger entries undecipherable]] Philadelphia 30 October 1795 Sir— Be pleased to deliver John Richardson or order two quarter Casks of Powder suitable for priming Musket hands — and half a hundr[ed] [undecipherable: weight of] lead for balls— Samuel Hodgdon M[r] John Harris—

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Letter directs delivery of two quarter casks of powder to John Nicholson for proving musket barrels and lead for balls.

Date

10/30/1799

Author

Samuel Hodgdon

Recipient

John Harris

Sent from

Philadelphia

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe And

Document number

1799103028201

Page start

Notable persons

John Harris

Samuel Hodgdon

John Nicholson

Notable locations

Philadelphia

Notable items

quarter casks

powder

musket barrels

lead

balls