Men Without Tents
Document 1794Captain Cornelius Sedam, 1st Sub Legion, has received orders to march to New York but neither he nor his men have tents so Hodgdon should please send them forward.
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Albany April 1794
Dr Sir
This day I received Orders to March to New York
you must know my Situation having not one Sent to
cover my Men, ^or myself^ and if the Secretary at War Should
think proper and you So obliging as to Send them
forward I shall esteem it as a favour
I am
Sir
Your Humble Servant
Corns R. R. [undecipherable]
Capt 4th Sub Legion
[Letter from Capt [undecipherable] Albany April 1794 Recd — forwarded —]
Colonl Hodgdon
2d Audr General
— Water Street —
Philadelphia
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Captain Cornelius Sedam, 1st Sub Legion, has received orders to march to New York but neither he nor his men have tents so Hodgdon should please send them forward.
Date
04/03/1794
Author
Recipient
Document number
1794040360001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Captain Cornelius Sedam
1st Sub Legion
Quartermaster General
Secretary of War
Notable locations
New York
Albany
Notable items
tents
march
marching
equipment shortage

