Request for Issue of Artillery Materials to Major Lewis Tousard
Document 1800Directs issue of cannon, with carriages, implements, and ammunition, to Maj. Lewis Tousard.
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[War Office
April 24, 1800.
[undecipherable] to be deliverd
[undecipherable] for the [undecipherable]
of Pennsylvania —]
War department April 24, 1800
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to the order of Major Lewis Tousard
One Rammer and Sponge for a Six pounder
One Rammer and Sponge for a Nine pounder
One powder Horn and priming [undecipherable: wire?] for each
One Carriage for each, to be chosen by the Major
One Worm for each.
Twenty five Wads of each Size
Twenty five flannel Cartridge for each — for proving a
Six and nine pounder at Mr. [undecipherable] furnace —
James McHenry
[undecipherable: Samuel Hodgdon?]
Mr. John Harris
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of cannon, with carriages, implements, and ammunition, to Maj. Lewis Tousard.
Date
04/24/1800
Author
Recipient
Document number
1800042400001
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
Major Louis Tousard
Mr. Foxall
Notable locations
War Department
Mr. Foxall's furnace
Notable items
rammer and sponge
powder horn
priming wire
carriage
six pounder
nine pounder
worm
wads
flannel cartridge
furnace

