Proof Balls and Powder to be Delivered to Secretary of the Treasury
Document 1799Orders delivery of one hundred weight or proof ball and four quarter casks of proof powder to the Secretary of Treasury.
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[War Office
April 19th 1799
Captain Bell, of Stamps
to Colonel McPherson's
Regt. of the Infantry]
Description
Orders delivery of one hundred weight or proof ball and four quarter casks of proof powder to the Secretary of Treasury.
Date
04/18/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1799041800005
Notable persons
John Harris
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Secretary of the Treasury
Mr. Nicholson
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
proof ball
proof powder
gun barrels
proof stamp'