Requests Shipment of Articles for Recruits of John Breck in Elkton, Maryland
Document 1793The Secretary of State requests shipment to Ensign John Breck items for cavalry recruits: dragoon coats, vests, valises, swords, belts, scabbards, knapsacks.
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War department
June 4. 1793.
Sir,
The Secretary of War requests that you will furnish Ensign John Breck with the following Articles for the Recruits of the Cavalry now at Elkton in Maryland — to wit —
Twenty Dragoon's Coats.
Twenty — do — Vests
Twenty — do — Valises*
Fifteen — do — Swords belts and Scabbards
* N. B. If there are no Valises on Store please to furnish twenty Knapsacks —
I am,
Sir,
Your humble Servant
[signed] [undecipherable] Stagg Junt
By [undecipherable]
Saml Hodgdon Esqrs.
[Endorsement on verso:]
War Office Papers
June 4. 1793
Clothing &c to
Recruits &c
30.88 p—
Saml Hodgdon Esqr
No 75 N. Water Street
120
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
The Secretary of State requests shipment to Ensign John Breck items for cavalry recruits: dragoon coats, vests, valises, swords, belts, scabbards, knapsacks.
Date
06/04/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1793060415001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Stagg, Jr.
Henry Knox
John Breck
Notable locations
War Department
Elkton, Maryland
Notable items
Dragoon Coats
Vests
Valises
Swords
Belts
Scabbards
Knapsacks.

