Not Enough Woolen Overalls
Document 1796Jones quotes Captain Rickard: "that the clothing arrived in good order except the woollen overalls which fell short eleven pair in their number only eighty four arrived and ninety four mentioned in the invoice." The Secretary of War wants to know how this mistake was made and directs Hodgdon to supply the articles that were omitted. Rickard has subsequently written that he has sixty men but his return only shows 27. Hodgdon is asked to clarify the discrepancy.
No human transcription currently available for this document.
Machine transcription not yet available for this document.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Jones quotes Captain Rickard: "that the clothing arrived in good order except the woollen overalls which fell short eleven pair in their number only eighty four arrived and ninety four mentioned in the invoice." The Secretary of War wants to know how this mistake was made and directs Hodgdon to supply the articles that were omitted. Rickard has subsequently written that he has sixty men but his return only shows 27. Hodgdon is asked to clarify the discrepancy.
Date
08/08/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Repository
Document number
1796080880001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon, Intendent of Public Stores
Nathan Jones
Secretary of War
Notable locations
War Office
Notable items
public store