Clothing for Ensign Hartman Leitheser
Document 1794Hodgdon is directed to deliver to Ensign Hartman Leitheser clothing and equipage.
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[from the War Office — Clothing for Ensign Leithefer — Ap. 17. 1794]
Jones
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[Received from State Dep't. Nov. 21 [undecipherable] R.P.O. 401[undecipherable]]
43
To War department
April 17, 1794
Sir,
Please to deliver to the order of Ensign [undecipherable: probable reading Hontman] Leithefer four Shirts two pairs Woolen Overalls Seven pairs Linen Overalls fourteen pairs of Shoes, two pairs Socks eight Knapsacks eleven Haversacks One Sword, One Sword Belt and Scabbard Six Bayonet[strikethrough: Betts] and Seventeen flints —
I am Sir
with great respect
Your humble Servt
H Jones
Samd Hodgdon Eqr
Spring Garden April 17th 1794.
Sir Please deliver the within mentioned articles to Sergt Benjamin Butler
Samuel Hogdon Esqr.
I am Sir Yours with Respect
[undecipherable] Leithefer Ensign
3[undecipherable]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hodgdon is directed to deliver to Ensign Hartman Leitheser clothing and equipage.
Date
04/17/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1794041715001
Page start
1
Note
Enclosure: letter from Leitheiser to Hodgdon, 04/17/1794.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Nathan Jones
Ensign Hartman Leitheser
clerk
Sergeant Benjamin Butler
Notable locations
War Department
Spring Garden
New Jersey
Notable items
clothing
equipage
shirts
woolen overalls
linen overalls
shoes
socks
knapsacks
haversacks
sword
sword belt
scabbard
bayonet belts
flints
deliver

