Request for Issue of Medical Supplies & Oakum for Western Troops
Document 1798Directs issue of medical supplies and oakum for use by troops at various posts on the Mississippi.
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[War Office May 14. 1798
Medicines & Hospital Stores
to be forwarded to the Troops on the
Mississippi]
War department.
May 14 1798.
Sir
The Purveyor has been directed to purchase and deposit with you a quantity of Medicines and hospital Stores for the Troops on the Mississippi and also a quantity of Oakum, you will be pleased to deliver the several articles to Samuel Hodgdon Esq for transportation to their respective places of destination —
James McHenry
[undecipherable]
Mr John Harris
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of medical supplies and oakum for use by troops at various posts on the Mississippi.
Date
05/14/1798
Author
Recipient
Document number
1798051415001
Page start
1
Note
The document has one page; the two images are duplicates of one another.
Notable persons
John Harris
military storekeeper
troops
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
purveyor
Notable locations
posts
Mississippi River
War Department
Notable items
medicine
hospital stores
oakum
transportation
purchase