A request from Camp Carlisle for more tents
Document 1794Biddle writes Hodgdon from Camp Carlisle, where more troops are arriving every day but there is a deficiency of tents. Nearly 500 men are without tents, and this number will only get worse. The wagon that brought what should have been 100 tents only brought 65. Biddle asks for another 100 common tents and 30 horsemans tents.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Biddle writes Hodgdon from Camp Carlisle, where more troops are arriving every day but there is a deficiency of tents. Nearly 500 men are without tents, and this number will only get worse. The wagon that brought what should have been 100 tents only brought 65. Biddle asks for another 100 common tents and 30 horsemans tents.
Date
10/11/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Camp Carlisle
Collection
Document number
1794101180001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Clement Biddle
Notable locations
Camp Carlisle
Philadelphia
Notable items
Common tents
horsemans tents
lack of tents
wagons