Clothing for Troops in Carlisle Pennsylvania

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Letter from the War Office Decr 29. 1792 80 pairs woolen Overals to be forwarded to Carlisle Stagg 275 Samuel Hodgdon Esq War department, Dec. 29th 1792. Sir. You will please to have packed up, and forwarded to Carlisle, for the recruits under Major Thomas Butler, eighty pairs of woolen overalls.
By Order of the Secretary of War Jno Stagg Junr Chf Clk Samuel Hodgdon Esqr [stamped: Received from State Dep’t. Nov. 24. 1894. R.P.O. 401310.]

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Orders to ship woolen overalls to recruits under Thomas Butler.

Date

12/29/1792

Author

Recipient

Sent from

War Department

Document number

1792122915001

Page start

1

Notable persons

Samuel Hodgdon
John Stagg
Major Thomas Butler
recruits

Notable locations

War Department
Carlisle
Pennsylvania

Notable items

woolen overalls
pack