Request for Issue of Powder & Lead for Proving Gun Barrels

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Request for Issue of Powder & Lead for Proving Gun Barrels

Description

Delivery of powder and lead for proving of gun barrels.

short description

Ltr, dir supplies to prove gun barrels

year created

1799

month created

03

day created

19

author

recipient

in image

note

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

author note

James McHenry; Samuel Hodgdon.

recipient note

John Harris

notable person/group

John Harris
multiple
John Nicholson
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon

notable location

War Department

notable item/thing

deliver
one quarter caskofpowder
fifty pounds of lead for proving gun barrells.

document number

1799031900201

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) XBR02 (2 pages) Collection: Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92) [unknown]
[view document] (2 pages) XBR02a (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 [unknown] [n/a]