Artillery Clothing to be Sent to West Point
Document 1795Stagg lists a number of articles of artillary clothing that should be packed up and sent to West Point along with the articles that have already been ordered for that place and which are to go by water.
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Artillery Cloathing
[Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24. 1894. R.P.O.401810.]
15 Privates Coats— (14. crimson lining)
14 Privates Vests — 114— on hand
48 Serjeants long Coats — on hand
[strikethrough: 48] Serjeants Vests — 4 on hand
25 Musicians long Coats — 1 on hand
14 Serjeants Woolen Overalls — none
96 Serjeants Linen Overalls — on hand
200 Privates Linen p — on hand
96 Worsted Epaulets — on hand
241 Silk Epaulets — on hand
200 Wooden Canteens — do —
War-Office. June 1. 1795.
Sir
The Secretary of War requests that the articles of clothing above mentioned may be immediately packed up and sent to West Point with other articles already ordered for that place and which are to go by water.
Yours respectfully—
[undecipherable: probable reading J. S. Stagg Jun.]
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr
Capt. Bispell is to march in the morning. Please furnish the two waggons you mentioned to day, to transport the baggage of his detachment—
[undecipherable: probable reading J. S. Stagg Jun.]
[Marginalia, top right: No [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Artillery [undecipherable] / sent to West Point]
[Received / State Dep't. / R.P.O.401810.]
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Samuel Hodgdon Esquire
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Stagg lists a number of articles of artillary clothing that should be packed up and sent to West Point along with the articles that have already been ordered for that place and which are to go by water.
Date
06/01/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1795060180001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Stagg
Notable locations
War Office

