Delivery of Shot

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Delivery of Shot

Description

Orders to deliver shot to the ship's captain Mordecai Lewis for ship India bound for Batavia.

short description

Ltr, dir send shot to private ship

year created

1797

month created

08

day created

18

author

sent from location

War Office

recipient

in image

author note

James McHenry; Samuel Hodgdon.

notable person/group

John Harris
Military Storekeeper
Secretary of War
clerk
Mordecai Lewis
Samuel Lewis, Sr.
James McHenry
Captain Ashmead
treasurer

notable location

War Office
Batavia

notable item/thing

three and four pound shot
swivel shot
money
ship India
ship Indian
pay

document number

1797081800101

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) XEM02 (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) XEM02a (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]