Point of Fork Arsenal Employment Circular.
- imprint_number: 1785.007
- title: Point of Fork, May 9, 1785. The Honorable Executive having empowered me to employ six additional armourers and a black-smith, at the Point of Fork, this is to make known that I will give at the rate of forty pounds per annum ...
- sequence_number: 7
- year: 1785
- place_issued: Richmond
- issuing_press: Dunlap & Hayes
- author: Peyton, John (d. 1801).
- notes: Sheet lacks printer credit; likely issued by Dunlap & Hayes, as such official etters were part of the public printing contract they held; only known copy is in Virginia's state archives.
Peyton was Commissary of Military Stores for the state and formerly Superintendent of the Point of Fork Arsenal; he was responsible for military-arms expenditures at this time.
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