Request for Issue of Arms & Accoutrements for Bucks County

Item

Type

Document Signed

Title

Request for Issue of Arms & Accoutrements for Bucks County

Description

Directs issue of 75 muskets, with accompanying cartridge boxes and bayonets with scabbards, to a resident of Bucks County.

year created

1798

month created

07

day created

24

author

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

note

2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.

author note

James McHenry; Samuel Hodgdon.

notable person/group

John Harris
military storekeeper
James McHenry
Secretary of War
Henry Wynkoop

notable location

Bucks County
New Town
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
War Department
Pennsylvania

notable item/thing

muskets
deliver
boxes
stands of muskets
bayonets
scabbards
cartouch boxes
arms

document number

1798072400101

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) XBO16 (2 pages) Collection: Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92) [unknown]
[view document] (2 pages) XBO16a (2 pages) Collection: Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92) [unknown]

Document names

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