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