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To George Washington from James McHenry, 16 November 1798

From James McHenry

War department November 16 1798

Sir,

I have the honor to transmit you herewith a return of Ordnance and Military Stores, which has this moment been delivered to me by the Superintendant.1 I am with the greatest respect Your obedient Servant

James McHenry

LS, DLC:GW.

1. The enclosure, entitled Return of Ordnance, and the most important Articles of Military Stores belonging to the United States at the several Posts; as herein stated, was the long-delayed product of an order from McHenry to Samuel Hodgdon of 25 August. See McHenry to GW, 19 Sept., n. 17. The 35–page return, signed by Samuel Hodgdon and dated 15 Nov., lists types, quantity, and places of deposit of ordnance. It is transcribed in its entirety for CD-ROM:GW.

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    “To George Washington from James McHenry, 16 November 1798,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-03-02-0148. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Retirement Series, vol. 3, 16 September 1798 – 19 April 1799, ed. W. W. Abbot and Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, p. 209.]

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