Proper Clothing for the Corps at West Point, Etc.
Document 1796The inclemency of the season requires that the men remaining at West Point be furnished with the proper clothing, including woolen overalls, shoes, shirts, socks, etc. These items are exhausted in the regimental store and some of the men are unfit for duty for want of them. Captain Frye has been at West Point while checking on his family and did not know that his accounts had to be passed through the Corps Quartermaster. He rectified that situation upon his return to Governors Island.
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Description
The inclemency of the season requires that the men remaining at West Point be furnished with the proper clothing, including woolen overalls, shoes, shirts, socks, etc. These items are exhausted in the regimental store and some of the men are unfit for duty for want of them. Captain Frye has been at West Point while checking on his family and did not know that his accounts had to be passed through the Corps Quartermaster. He rectified that situation upon his return to Governors Island.
Date
02/12/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Document number
1796121280001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Stephen Rochefontaine
Captain Frye
family
quartermaster
Notable locations
West Point
New York
Governor's Island
Notable items
invoice of stationary
stationery
invoice
box
clothing
invoice bill
account of clothing
receipt
clothing
weather
woolen overalls
shoes
shirts
socks
regimental store