Regarding Purchase of Musical Instruments

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Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Letter, directs purchase of musical instruments for an army band.

Date

07/07/1797

Author

John Wilkins, Jr.

Recipient

Samuel Hodgdon

Sent from

Detroit

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

General Information Index, 1794-1918. (RG94)

Document number

1797070780201

Page start

1

Notable persons

Samuel Hodgdon
Colonel John Wilkins Jr
General Wilkinson
Quartermaster General

Notable locations

Philadelphia
Detroit

Notable items

ordered me to purchase the following musical instruments which you will please to buy and forward
drum
bassoon
clarinets
pair of cymbals
triangles
tambourine
trumpets
horns
violins
hautboys
my stay at this place is so uncertain
future
I cannot write to you particularly but hope to be able by the next conveyance
Instruments for a band of music to be purchased for the army