Request for Issue of Arms, Tools, Clothing & Tents to a Detachment
Document 1798Directs issue of tents, arms, clothing, and tools to a detachment under the command of Capt. Edward Miller.
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[War Office
May 16. 1798
Sundries to be deld Capt Edw.
Miller —]
War department May 15 1798—
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to Captain Edward Miller for the use of a detachment under his Command, the following articles viz. two Horseman and fourteen common Tents with poles, eighty two Stands of Arms and accoutrements, Six felling axes Seven Sejeants Sword and Belts, Ten Sejeants Shirts Ten pairs of Sejeant linen Overalls, One hundred and Sixty privates Shirts, One hundred and fifty pair privates linen Overalls eighty five pairs of Shoes eighty five pairs of Socks twenty Hats Twenty Blankets, also two Musicians Suits complete.
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Harris
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of tents, arms, clothing, and tools to a detachment under the command of Capt. Edward Miller.
Date
05/15/1798
Author
Recipient
Document number
1798051515001
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
multiple
Notable locations
War Department