List of Items for Cannon Casting

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

List of Items for Cannon Casting

Description

Orders to deliver materials to Mr. Francis for cannon casting.

short description

Ltr, dir rammers etc for proving cannon

year created

1797

month created

03

day created

29

author

sent from location

War Office

recipient

in image

author note

James McHenry; Samuel Hodgdon.

notable person/group

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

notable location

Maryland
War Office
Cecil Furnace
United States

notable item/thing

cannon
proving cannon
ladle
rammer
sponge
spunge stave
worm
cannon casting

notable phrase

deliver to
purveyor
used in proving cannon casting
following article
rammer
spunge stave with head
ladle and worm

document number

1797032900101

page start

1

number of pages

2

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[view document] (2 pages) XEJ04 (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) XEJ04a (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]