Request for Delivery of Fife & Drum to Recruiter
Document 1797Request for delivery of a fife and drum accouterments, to be used for recruiting purposes.
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War-Office, January 30th 1797.
Sir.
[strikethrough: Please] Please to deliver Lieutenant Shoemaker a Drum, Drum Carriage, and Fife, for the recruiting rendezvous at Spring Garden.
I am Sir,
Your obt Servt:
James McHenry
[undecipherable: Samuel Hodgdon]
Mr Harris.
[docket, verso: War Office, 30th Jany 1797. Drum & Fife to be del. Lt Shoemaker.]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Request for delivery of a fife and drum accouterments, to be used for recruiting purposes.
Date
01/30/1797
Author
Recipient
Document number
1797013000001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
multiple
Notable locations
War Office
spring garden
Notable items
fife
drum
drum carriage