Request that Infantry Clothing be Forwarded to Captain William Buchanan of Baltimore
Document 1792Stagg informs Hodgdon that Secretary of War requests delivery of 25 suits of infantry clothing for privates, to Captain William Buchanan at Baltimore, Maryland by way of the New Castle stage.
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[Administrative notations, upper right: War [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Office / Philadelphia / Clothing [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Bladensburg / [undecipherable] 1792] [272]
[Postal notation, left margin: undecipherable]
[Address:] [undecipherable] Hodgdon
Samuel Hodgdon
[oval stamp: 372]
[wax seal remnants]
War department,
Dec 12th 1792.
Sir,
The Secretary of War requests that you will please to have forwarded to Captain William Buchanan, at Baltimore, by the way of the New Castle Stage, twenty five suits of infantry clothing [strikethrough: forwarded]
I am Sir, with esteem,
Your obedient Serv't
[undecipherable signature]
[undecipherable]
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr.
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Stagg informs Hodgdon that Secretary of War requests delivery of 25 suits of infantry clothing for privates, to Captain William Buchanan at Baltimore, Maryland by way of the New Castle stage.
Date
12/12/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1792121215001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Stagg
Captain William Buchanan
Secretary of War
Henry Knox
Notable locations
War Department
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New Castle
Maryland
Notable items
New Castle stage
infantry clothing