Request for Issue of Powder & Lead for Proving Gun Barrels

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[War Office May 16. 1800 Powder & Lead to be Del^d for the purpose of Proving musket Ban[undecipherable: Barrels]] War Department 16^th May 1800 Sir Be pleased to deliver to John Nicholson or orders two quarter casks of Gunpowder and fifty pounds of lead for proving Gun Barrels James McHenry Samuel [undecipherable: Hodgdon] [Order for powder Issued May 16^th 1800 390] Mr. John [undecipherable]

Type

Document Signed

Description

Directs issue of powder & lead for use in proving gun barrels.

Date

05/16/1800

Document number

1800051600101

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3 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one without images, and one with photograph images of the same.

Notable persons

John Harris

James McHenry

Samuel Hodgdon

John Nicholson

Notable locations

War Department

Notable items

gunpowder

lead

gun barrels

proving musket barrels