Request for Issue of Clothing for An Officer's Waiter, With Return
Document 1798Directs issue of clothing to an officer for his waiter. The officer's confirmation of receipt is appended.
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[Docket notation, rotated: War Office / [undecipherable] Clothing to be & / James [undecipherable] / Ap[ril] 5 [1798]]
[Center of address panel, largely illegible: [undecipherable] accompan[y] [undecipherable] &c [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]]
War department. April 5. 1798.
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to Samuel Vance S. [undecipherable] One coat two Shirts and two pairs of Linen Overalls for John Jarvis him Whites —
James McHenry
[undecipherable: probable reading Samuel Hodgdon]
M. John Harris
Return for one coat two shirts and two pairs of linen overalls, for John Jarvis a private in the 3d Regiment these articles being due him (requisite)
[undecipherable] &c
3. Regt
Philadelphia
Ap. 5th 1798.
[undecipherable]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of clothing to an officer for his waiter. The officer's confirmation of receipt is appended.
Date
04/05/1798
Author
Recipient
Document number
1798040515102
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
military storekeeper
officer
waiter
Lieutenant Samuel Vance
John Jarvis
3rd Regiment
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
clothing
linen overalls
coat
shirt