Request for Issue of Shovels & Lead for Use at Schuylkill Laboratory
Document 1800Directs issue of shovels and lead for use at the new laboratory under construction near Schuylkill.
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[War Office
May 12, 1800
Shovels & lead to be h—
Cap. Elliott
No. 3]
War Department May 21, 1800
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to the order of Captain Joseph Elliott Six Shovels, and two hundred and fifty pounds of lead for the use of the laboratory now building near Schuylkill
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Harris
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of shovels and lead for use at the new laboratory under construction near Schuylkill.
Date
05/21/1800
Author
Recipient
Document number
1800052100001
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
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Captain Joseph Elliott
Notable locations
War Department
Schuylkill
Notable items
shovels
deliver
lead
laboratory