Refusal to Furnish Clothing
Document 1792Letter, mentions clothing and recruiting.
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[Copie a Letter to Genl Knox Secy of War 30th Nov. 1792]
[Private]
West Point 30th Nov 92
I have just Receved yours of the 17th Instant [strikethrough: as] as a great Part of my accts of Cloathing are at New york - it is not in my Power to furnish you with with all the Cloathing I have Receiv'd Since I have been on the Recruiting Service) which I Presume is agreable to your wishes) till Next weak - I have Sent [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] for my- acct to New york — and Shall make the Return as Soon as Possible —
in the mean time I Send you a Return of all the Cloathing I have now on hand at This Place I left five Suites at New York the when I Came to This [undecipherable] Left it -
I also Send you a Return of
the Recruites under my Command and am Sir
With Perfect Esteem
your obedient
& Huml Servt.
[signature: B. A[undecipherable]]
The
[signature]
A Return of Return of The Recruites under my Command at The Garison of West Point including Subaltern 2 Serts 2 Private Rendevous at New york With Capt [undecipherable] Infantry
West Point
30th Novr 1792
[Table with columns: Serjts | Music | Privates | Absent | Sick | [undecipherable] | Total]
3 | 2 | 36 | 2 | | | 43.
a Return of Cloathing on hand at The Garison of West Point — Fit for use
[Table with columns: No/Arm | Coates | Vests | Shirts | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | Shoes | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | Socks | Handkerchiefs]
| 2 | 1 | 77 | 74 | 69 | 32 | 5 | 27 | .. | .. | 7 | 0
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Letter, mentions clothing and recruiting.
Date
11/30/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Collection
Document number
1792113040001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Bezaleel Howe
McClary
Notable locations
West Point
New York
West Point
Notable items
accounts
clothing
return
suits
recruits
command
coats
vests
shirts
woolen overalls
linen overalls
hats
blankets
shoes
shoe buckles
stocks
clasps
knapsacks
serg[ean]ts
music[ians]
privat[e]s
sick
garrison
