Request to send articles to New Brunswick New Jersey for recruits of Captain Bezaleel Howe Company
Document 1792Request to send articles to New Brunswick New Jersey for recruits of Captain Bezaleel Howe Company under command of Ensign Andrew McClary. Items include muskets; bayonet belts; scabbards; cartridge boxes; sergeant's swords and belts; brushes and prickers; screw drivers; bullet screws; canteens and straps; fife cases; knapsack; haversacks.
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War department, Dec. 15 1792
Sr
Please also to forward to New Brunf-wick, in addition, to the articles already ordered, this Day, for the recruits of Capt Bezaleel Howe's company, under the command of Ensign Andrew Mc Clary —
— - 9 Muskets, with bayonets —
. 31 bayonet belts —
. 31 Belts - Scabbards
. 31 - Cartridge Boxes.
. 4 - Sergeants Swords & Belts
. 31 - Brushes and prickers.
. 31 - Screw drivers —
. 31 - bullet forcer. —
. 31 - Canteens & Straps —
. 2 - Fife Cases —
. One Knapsack .
. 31 - Haversacks —
I am Sir, with respect,
Your most obedt Servt
[signature: H. Knox? or similar]
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr
[endorsement panel, verso:]
[undecipherable] War Office
[undecipherable] Hodgdon
Decr 15. 1791[?]
[undecipherable] additional
[undecipherable] Clary
[undecipherable] Howes
[administrative notations: 277, 277 & 76, 277]
Description
Request to send articles to New Brunswick New Jersey for recruits of Captain Bezaleel Howe Company under command of Ensign Andrew McClary. Items include muskets; bayonet belts; scabbards; cartridge boxes; sergeant's swords and belts; brushes and prickers; screw drivers; bullet screws; canteens and straps; fife cases; knapsack; haversacks.
Date
12/15/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1792121515001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Stagg
recruits
Captain Bezaleel Howe
Ensign Andrew McClary
War Department
War Office
Notable locations
War Department
Philadelphia
New Brunswick New Jersey
War Office
Notable items
muskets
bayonet belts
scabbards
cartridge boxes
sergeant's swords and belts
brushes and prickers
screw drivers
bullet screws
canteens and straps
fife cases
knapsack
haversacks

