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Wadsworth, Decius, 1768-1821 Circular concerning ordnance and ordnance stores

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.718.03 Author/Creator: Wadsworth, Decius, 1768-1821 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Printed letter Date: June 1, 1813 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 24 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Issued by the Ordnance Department. Outlines how ordnance should be classed and prints a copy of the fifth section of ordnance regulations passed by the War Department on April 20, 1813, which pertained to making ordnance reports. Wadsworth was the commissary general of ordnance.

Wadsworth, Decius, 1768-1821

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