Request and Order for Issue of a Drum to the 2d Regiment of Artillerists & Engineers

Item

Type

Document, type undetermined

Title

Request and Order for Issue of a Drum to the 2d Regiment of Artillerists & Engineers

Description

Two documents: the first directs the issue of a drum and associated materials to the 2d Regiment of Artillerists & Engineers. The second seems to be the request for said drum; though labeled "return," it is dated a day earlier than the first document.

year created

1799

month created

07

day created

06

author

recipient

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
2nd Regiment Artillerists and Engineers
Captain Cochran
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
Secretary of War
company
bearer
Lieutenant Francis Gibson
Lieutenant William Cooper

notable location

War Department
Fort Mifflin
Pennsylvania

notable item/thing

drum
return

document number

1799070600001

page start

1

number of pages

3

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) XBT01 (3 pages) Collection: Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92) [unknown]
[view document] (3 pages) XBT01a (3 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]