Employing Armorers

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Employing Armorers

Description

Knox appreciated Hand's employment of armorers instead of "any intermediate person". Requested standard rifles and also how many will be sent from Lancaster.

short description

Ltr, men armorers and standard rifles

year created

1792

month created

01

day created

21

author

sent from location

War Department

sent to location

Lancaster

in collection

in image

note

Cited in Hand to Knox, 01/23/1792.

cited note

Cited document sent from the War Office

notable person/group

General Edward Hand
Henry Knox
armorer
armourer
public

notable location

Lancaster
War Department
Pennsylvania

notable item/thing

arms
standard rifles

notable idea/issue

public interest
supply
transportation of supplies

document number

1792012100001

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) ADK11 (2 pages) Collection: Stauffer Collection B: 4 Knox Autograph

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Henry Knox War Department [n/a]
Recipient General Edward Hand Lancaster [n/a]