Request for Issue of Powder for Proving Gun Barrels
Document 1800Directs issue of powder for use in proving gun barrels.
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[War Office March 26 1800 Powder to [undecipherable] Nicholson for Proving [undecipherable] Barrels]
War Department
March 26th 1800.
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to Mr John Nicholson Two quarter casks of Powder for the purpose of proving Gun Barrels —
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Harris
Military Storekeeper.
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of powder for use in proving gun barrels.
Date
03/26/1800
Author
Recipient
Document number
1800032600101
Page start
1
Note
3 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one without images, and one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
John Nicholson
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
casks of powder
proving
gun barrels
musket barrels