Request for Issue of Powder for Proving Cannon at Lane & Salter's Furnace
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
Request for Issue of Powder for Proving Cannon at Lane & Salter's Furnace
Description
McHenry requests that Harris deliver 200 pounds of cannon powder for the purpose of testing the guns cast at the Lane and Salters (?) furnace.
year created
1800
month created
05
day created
07
author
sent from location
War Office
recipient
in collection
note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same. The latter collection contains duplicates of each image.
notable person/group
James McHenry
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
Captain Joseph Elliott
United States
notable location
War Department
Lane and Salters (?) furnace
notable item/thing
order
two hundred [200] pounds of cannon powder
proving guns cast at Lane and Salters (?) furnace
document number
1800050700002
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | XBP11 (2 pages) | Collection: Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92) | B:1203 |
| [view document] (4 pages) | XBP11a (4 pages) | Collection: Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92) | B:1203 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | War Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Harris | [unknown] | [n/a] |