Tents & Axes for Captain Gibson at Staunton

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War Office June 1. 1797. Sir, Please to have forwarded to Staunton in Virginia addressed to Captain Alexander Gibson two Horsemans and twelve Common Tents and Ten Axes. As Captain Gibson supposes that those articles are at Shepherds Town in Virginia you will please to have them forwarded from thence, Should there be none there, or at any other place nearer than Philadelphia be pleased to make a Report thereof that a request may be made for their purchase — I am Sir Your obed^t Servant James McHenry Samuel Hadgdon Esq^r

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Two horseman's tents, twelve common tents, and ten axes should be forwarded to Captain Alexander Gibson in Staunton. Gibson believes that these articles can be found at Shepherds Town in Virginia. If that is the case, they should be forwarded from there. If they are not there or at any other place nearer than Philadelphia, arrangements should be made to have them purchased.