Delivery of Knapsacks

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Delivery of Knapsacks

Description

Orders to deliver knapsacks for use by Navy.

short description

Ltr, dir send knapsacks to Navy

year created

1798

month created

11

day created

23

author

sent from location

War Department

recipient

in image

content note

Content entries include material from notes of the same date added to the document by Tench Francis.

author note

James McHenry; Samuel Hodgdon.

notable person/group

John Harris
military storekeeper
purveyor
Secretary of War
navy
Tench Francis
Capt. Gill
Mr. Hodgdon
James McHenry

notable location

War Department

notable item/thing

deliver
knapsacks
for which he will return an equal number on demand
as soon as
can make yo the redelivery he wil inform you
deliver the above to: naval store keeper
Mr. Hodgdon is not in his officer which Mr. Francis wishes may not impede the delivery

document number

1798112300301

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

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[view document] (2 pages) XEE23 (2 pages) Collection: Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe and Irvine Papers), 1794-1842. (RG92) B: 189
[view document] (2 pages) XEE23a (2 pages) Collection: Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe and Irvine Papers), 1794-1842. (RG92) B: 189

Document names

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