Addresses Issues and Supplies Needed during Transition of Office from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.

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Type

Letterbook Copy

Description

Requests sundry articles needed at Philadelphia before War Department opens at Washington.

Date

07/04/1800

Author

Purveyor's Office

Recipient

Samuel Dexter

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Letterbook of the Purveyor of Public Supplies, May2, 1800-Jul 24, 1802. 1 Vol. (RG45)

Document number

1800070440001

Page start

1

Note

Tench Francis is the Purveyor until his death on 1 May 1800. Israel Whelan succeeds Francis as Purveyor.

Notable persons

Samuel Dexter
Purveyor's office
Israel Whelan
Whelen
Samuel Hodgdon
superintendent military stores

Notable locations

Philadelphia, Purveyors Office
Washington
War Department
armory Harper's Ferry
Fort Mifflin
public offices

Notable items

Hessian wrapper
claw hammer
orderly book
sundry tools
spring vessels
furniture
papers