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From George Washington to Sharp Delany and Others, 20 March 1795

To Sharp Delany and Others

[20 March 1795]

Pursuant to an Act of Congress passed on the third instant authorizing the President of the United States in cases connected with the security of the commercial interests thereof and for public purposes only, to permit the exportation of arms, cannon and military stores1—Permission is hereby given, for the exportation of the arms cannon and military stores exhibited in the invoice hereto annexed.2

Given in the City of Philadelphia, the twentieth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety five.

Go. Washington

LB, DLC:GW; copy, DLC:GW. The LB is addressed: “To the Collector of the Port of Philada & other officers whom it may concern.” The copy is similarly addressed but adds the words “of the Revenue” after “officers.”

1. GW was referring to “An Act authorizing the exportation of Arms, Cannon and Military Stores in certain cases” (1 Stat. description begins Richard Peters, ed. The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845 . . .. 8 vols. Boston, 1845-67. description ends 444).

2. The detailed inventory, dated 20 March and signed by Secretary of War Timothy Pickering, is summarized by Pickering as “20 Powder Casks. 4 Large Cases. 5 Hogsheads[.] 20 Arm chests planed & Iron hooped. 4 Boxes for pistols & swords do do. 27 Small ammunition Boxes” (LB, DLC:GW; copy, DLC:GW).

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    From George Washington to Sharp Delany and Others, 20 March 1795
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    Washington, George
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    20 March 1795

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    “From George Washington to Sharp Delany and Others, 20 March 1795,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-17-02-0450. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 17, 1 October 1794–31 March 1795, ed. David R. Hoth and Carol S. Ebel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, p. 674.]