Request for Issue of Cannon Implements & Ammunition for Proving a Cannon Barrel

Item

Type

Document Signed

Title

Request for Issue of Cannon Implements & Ammunition for Proving a Cannon Barrel

Description

Directs issue of various ammunition & cannon implements for testing a three-pounder cannon at Foxall's Furnace.

year created

1800

month created

01

day created

31

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
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Major Lewis Tousard

notable location

War Office
Foxalls furnace

notable item/thing

iron field piece
proving
gunpowder
priming powder
flannel cartridges
three pound shot
wooden shoes or bases for cartridges
tubes
spunges
sponges
ramrods
worm screw
ladle
searcher
carriage
priming wires
leather pouch
slow match
port fires
scales and weights
lent storks

document number

1800013100001

page start

1

number of pages

2

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) XBQ11 (2 pages) Collection: Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92) B:1203
[view document] (2 pages) XBQ11a (2 pages) Collection: Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92) B:1203

Document names

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