Outlines Requests for Recruitment Clothing and Accessories

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Outlines Requests for Recruitment Clothing and Accessories

Description

Reports returns communicated to Secretary of War. Reports delivery of suits last fall to Decius Wadsworth for recruiting, but they may still be in store. No artillery coats on hand. Lists cost for soldiers' cockade and pewter eagles.

year created

1799

month created

07

day created

05

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

sent to location

New York

in image

notable person/group

Ebenezer Stevens
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
Decius Wadsworth

notable location

New York
Philadelphia

notable item/thing

Suits
Artillery Coats
Cockade
Eagles

notable idea/issue

Recruitment

document number

1799070528155

page start

494

number of pages

1

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Document instances

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[view document] (560 pages) BJA01 (560 pages) Collection: Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99. P: 494

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient Ebenezer Stevens New York [n/a]