Rifle Order
Item
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Title
Rifle Order
Description
Secretary Knox provides the numbers of rifles currently in production, stating that one of the suppliers made shoddy rifles that he cannot approve.
year created
1792
month created
04
day created
30
author
sent from location
Lancaster
recipient
in collection
in image
note
[Cited in Hand to Knox, 05/03/1792.]
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Edward Hand
Craig Acknontedgus
Jacob Welshhans
Jacob Sitter
notable location
Lancaster
Pittsburgh
York
notable item/thing
rifles
bullet molds
barrels
document number
1792043040001
page start
1
number of pages
3
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | NIA11 (3 pages) | Collection: Papers of Major General Edward Hand | V:2, P:83. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | General Edward Hand | Lancaster | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |