Urgent Orders to Ship Guns to West Point
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
Urgent Orders to Ship Guns to West Point
Description
Orders to send guns and bayonets to McHill of New York from thence to West Point.
short description
Ltr, dis arms procurement.
year created
1791
month created
07
day created
20
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
William Knox
Henry Knox
McHill
Hill
notable location
War Department
West Point
New York
notable item/thing
ordered
gun stocks
steel ramrods
bayonets
public possession
document number
1791072000001
page start
1
number of pages
1
transcription
War Department July 20th 20th 1791
Sir
You will immediately Ship 2000 Thorough gun stocks to McHill of New York, in order to be sent from thence to West Point, each of these Stocks must be paked so that none be transported but what preposect. You will also send all the Spare [undecipherable] Tomrods which are in Stone and 1000 Spare bayonets if there are any; This busness, must be executed as soon as possible
I am
Sir
Your most obedt Servent
HWK
William Knox
Sir
You will immediately Ship 2000 Thorough gun stocks to McHill of New York, in order to be sent from thence to West Point, each of these Stocks must be paked so that none be transported but what preposect. You will also send all the Spare [undecipherable] Tomrods which are in Stone and 1000 Spare bayonets if there are any; This busness, must be executed as soon as possible
I am
Sir
Your most obedt Servent
HWK
William Knox
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | KBA09 (1 pages) | Collection: General Collection | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | William Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |