Clothing & Equipment for the Troops in Georgia
Document 1797The infantry clothing and cavalry clothing & equipment for the troops in Georgia should be transported by water to Major John Habersham in Savannah. It will then be forwarded to Captain Henry Gaither at Fort Fidius. The artillery clothing is to be sent to Captain Abimael Nicoll at Fort St. Tammany in St. Marys.
No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
— War Office, 15th April 1797. —
Sir,
The [underline: infantry] and [underline: cavalry clothing] and [underline: cavalry equipments], for the troops in Georgia, you will be pleased to have transported by water to Savannah, to the care of Major John Thabersham, requesting him to make the necessary arrangements to have the same forwarded to Colonel Henry Gaither, at Fort Fidius — The [underline: artillery clothing] is to be sent to Captain Abimael Y. Nicoll, who commands at Fort St. Tammany, St. Marys — The water transportation of the whole, you will please to get ensured —
I am Sir,
Your obedient Serv.t
James McHenry
[The Clothing to be addressed to B[undecipherable] John Habersham at Savannah — Not marked for Captain Taylor at Fort Fidius, agreeably to the above —
Samuel Hodgdon Esq.r]
[Samuel Hodgdon]
[address panel: Samuel Hodgdon Esq.]
[stamp: Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24, 1894. R.P.O. 401310.]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
The infantry clothing and cavalry clothing & equipment for the troops in Georgia should be transported by water to Major John Habersham in Savannah. It will then be forwarded to Captain Henry Gaither at Fort Fidius. The artillery clothing is to be sent to Captain Abimael Nicoll at Fort St. Tammany in St. Marys.
Date
04/13/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1797041300401
Page start
1
Note
Includes a response from Hodgdon at the bottom of the page.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
Notable locations
War Office
Notable items
water transportation

