Order to Deliver Arms and Ammunition

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Order to Deliver Arms and Ammunition

Description

Delivery of musket barrels, stocks and bayonets to Tench Francis for Mr. Dickart of Lancaster for completion of assembly of muskets.

short description

Ltr, dir send musket parts to Dickart

year created

1797

month created

03

day created

17

author

sent from location

War Office

recipient

in image

author note

James McHenry; Samuel Hodgdon

notable person/group

John Harris
Tench Francis
Mr. Dickart
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
purveyor
Secretary of War
storekeeper

notable location

public store
War Office
Lancaster
Pennsylvania

notable item/thing

deliver fifty musket barrels
stocks
bayonets
ramrods
for the purpose of finishing muskets to be returned
in the public store
the order for the articles to be manufactured should be in the name of the person who is to pay the account.

document number

1797031715001

page start

1

number of pages

2

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[view document] (2 pages) XEI21 (2 pages) Collection: Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe and Irvine Papers), 1794-1842. (RG92) B: 190
[view document] (2 pages) XEI21a (2 pages) Collection: Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe and Irvine Papers), 1794-1842. (RG92) B: 190

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author James McHenry War Office [n/a]
Recipient John Harris [unknown] [n/a]