Clothing for Heth's Company
Document 1793Hodgdon is directed to have packed up and transported by water to Richmond in Virginia clothing for Captain John Heth's company of infantry. He is recruiting at that rendezvous and requests twenty suits of uniform clothing complete.
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War department, March 1st 1799.
Sir
The Secretary of War requests, that you will please to have packed up, and transported by water to Richmond in Virginia, for Captain from [undecipherable: Meth's?] company of infantry, and who is recruiting at that rendezvous, twenty [undecipherable: suits?] of uniform clothing complete.
I am Sir,
with esteem,
Your obed. Servt
[undecipherable: W. Snd? / ?yCk?]
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr.
[Docket, written diagonally on address leaf: War Store D[undecipherable] / Mar[undecipherable] 1799 / War Office — [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]]
[Address leaf: Samuel Hodgdon Jr.]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hodgdon is directed to have packed up and transported by water to Richmond in Virginia clothing for Captain John Heth's company of infantry. He is recruiting at that rendezvous and requests twenty suits of uniform clothing complete.
Date
03/14/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1793031415001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Stagg, Jr
Captain John Heth
Captain John Heth's company of infantry
Notable locations
War Department
rendezvous
Richmond Virginia
Notable items
uniform clothing