Request for Issue of Cannon Implements & Ammunition for Proving a Cannon Barrel
Document 1800Directs issue of various ammunition & cannon implements for testing a three-pounder cannon at Foxall's Furnace.
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Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of various ammunition & cannon implements for testing a three-pounder cannon at Foxall's Furnace.
Date
01/31/1800
Author
Recipient
Repository
Document number
1800013100001
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
Major Lewis Tousard
Notable locations
War Office
Foxalls furnace
Notable items
iron field piece
proving
gunpowder
priming powder
flannel cartridges
three pound shot
wooden shoes or bases for cartridges
tubes
spunges
sponges
ramrods
worm screw
ladle
searcher
carriage
priming wires
leather pouch
slow match
port fires
scales and weights
lent storks