Request for Issue of Powder for Proving of Musket Barrels
Document 1800Directs issue of powder for proving musket barrels.
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[War Office / Jany 13 in 1800 / Muskt Powder to be del'd to / John Nicholson for the / purpose of proving Musket Bar- / rels]
War Department 13 Jany 1800
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to John Nicholson two
Quartercasks of gunpowder for proving —
Musket Barrels. — James McHenry
[undecipherable: probable reading Samuel Hodgdon]
Mr John Harris
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of powder for proving musket barrels.
Date
01/13/1800
Author
Recipient
Document number
1800011300201
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 Nicholson
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
gun powder
proving
musket barrels