Request for Issue of Clothing & Equipment for New Recruits
Document 1798Directs issue of clothing & equipment for use by a company of recruits at Frederick, Maryland.
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War Office 2. April 1798.
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to Samuel Hodgdon for transportation to Frederick Town Maryland thirty two Vests, Sixty four pairs of Woollen Overalls, thirty eight Shirts, One hundred and twenty two pairs of Shoes, One hundred and twenty eight pairs of Socks, thirty two Stock Clasps, thirty two Blankets, thirty two Knapsacks and thirty two Canteens, for the use of a party of Infantry Recruits under the Command of Lieut Shoemaker —
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Harris
[War Office
April 2 — 1798.
Cloathing &c to be forwarded
to Lt Shoemaker at Frederick
Maryland —]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of clothing & equipment for use by a company of recruits at Frederick, Maryland.
Date
04/02/1798
Author
Recipient
Document number
1798040215002
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
recruits
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
military storekeeper
Secretary of War
infantry recruits
command
Lieutenant Shoemaker
Notable locations
Frederick
Frederick Town
Maryland
War Office
Notable items
clothing
transportation
vests
woolen overalls
shoes
socks
stock clasps
blankets
knapsacks
canteens

