Request for Cannon & Small Arms
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter
Title
Request for Cannon & Small Arms
Description
Letter, asks for small arms and cannon.
short description
Ltr, ask cannon and small arms.
year created
1798
month created
06
day created
25
author
sent from location
Providence
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
James McHenry
Arthur Fenner
notable location
Providence
United States
notable item/thing
loan
stands
small arms
cannon
guns
field pieces
brass
twelve pounders
nine pounders
ammunition
vessels
notable phrase
pursuance of the inclosed resolution of the general assembly
request a loan from the United States to this state of one thousand stands of small arms and four pair of brass field pieces of the size of nine and twelve pounders
ammunition, carriages and apparatus
armed vessels may be directed to cruise near the coast of the state
document number
1798062540301
page start
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