Delivery of Cannon Powder
Document 1800Samuel Hodgdon, Commissary of Military Stores, requests that John Harris, Keeper of Military Stores, deliver to Mr. Lane and Salter, on order, 700 pounds of cannon powder for the purpose of proving cannon manufactured at their furnace, under contract with the United States.
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Intendant of Stores Office
Philadelphia 12th Augt 1800
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to Messrs Lane and Salter, on order, seven hundred pounds of Cannon powder, (of not less then seventy yards proof,) for the purpose of proving cannon manufactured, at their Furnace, under contract with the United States.
Your most obt Servant
Samuel [undecipherable: Hodgdon]
Mr John Harris
[Endorsement on verso:] Intendant of Stores — augt 12. 1800 — to deliver to Lane & Salter — seven hundred lbs of Cannon powder — [undecipherable: from Cannon] [undecipherable]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Samuel Hodgdon, Commissary of Military Stores, requests that John Harris, Keeper of Military Stores, deliver to Mr. Lane and Salter, on order, 700 pounds of cannon powder for the purpose of proving cannon manufactured at their furnace, under contract with the United States.
Date
08/12/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1800081228101
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
Lane
Salter
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
cannon
powder
cannon powder
furnace
manufacturing
contract
contractor