Requests Clothing, Swords, Belts for Captain Pratt
Document 1793Request to deliver to Captain Pratt complete suits for sergeants, corporals, and privates. Also requests sergeants' swords and belts, and to exchange one sword and one drum. Asks that they be properly packed in boxes and transported by water to Trenton, then by land to New Brunswick.
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[Endorsement: the Secretary of War / January 9. 1793 / Works of Infantry / Order for [undecipherable] Clothing]
[Stamp: Received / [undecipherable] / No [undecipherable]]
[(16)]
War department,
Jan'y 9th 1793
Sir,
Please to deliver to the order of Captain Pratt, for his recruits, at Middletown Connecticut, two Serjeants, two Corporals, and twenty six privates suits of infantry clothing, complete — Please to have them properly packed up in boxes, and transported to Trenton by water, and from thence by land to New Brunswick.
You will also deliver two Serjeants swords and belts, and exchange one sword and one drum.
I am Sir,
with respect,
Your obedient:
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Samuel Hodgdon Esqt
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Request to deliver to Captain Pratt complete suits for sergeants, corporals, and privates. Also requests sergeants' swords and belts, and to exchange one sword and one drum. Asks that they be properly packed in boxes and transported by water to Trenton, then by land to New Brunswick.
Date
01/09/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Document number
1793010915101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Stagg
Captain Pratt
Notable locations
War Department
Middletown, Connecticut
Trenton
New Brunswick
Notable items
Suits
Belts
Sword
Drum