Cartridge Paper for the Ship of War "Delaware"

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Cartridge Paper for the Ship of War "Delaware"

Description

Harris is asked to deliver to Captain Decatur for the ship of war "Delaware" a sufficient quantity of cartridge paper for 100 nine pound and 200 six pound cartridges. These are in lieu of the 1000 nine and six pound blank cartridges ordered earlier.

year created

1798

month created

06

day created

12

secondary author

sent from location

War Department

recipient

in image

author note

Timothy Pickering; Samuel Hodgdon.

notable person/group

John Harris
Timothy Pickering, Acting Secretary of the War Department
Samuel Hodgdon
Captain Decatur

notable location

War Department

document number

1798061200101

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) XJK08 (2 pages) Collection: Subject File of the Naval Records Collection BA
[view document] (2 pages) XJK08a (2 pages) Collection: Subject File of the Naval Records Collection BA

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Timothy Pickering War Department [n/a]
Author Samuel Hodgdon [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient John Harris [unknown] [n/a]