Request for Issue of 2 Companies' Worth of Clothing, Emphasis on Linen
Document 1798Directs issue of 2 companies' worth of clothing to the Walnut Hills -- specifying that less woolen and more linen overalls be sent.
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[War department May 18. 1798
for a company of cloths
for the Walnut Hills]
War department May 18. 1798
Sir
[undecipherable] to Samuel Hodgdon for transportation to the Walnut Hills addressed to Maja. Kersey complete suits for Richard and Wades companies. Instead of two pair of Woollen and two pair of linen Overalls to each suit — send one pair of Woollen and three of linen —
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Harris
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of 2 companies' worth of clothing to the Walnut Hills -- specifying that less woolen and more linen overalls be sent.
Date
05/18/1798
Author
Recipient
Document number
1798051815001
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
War Department
Walnut Hill
Notable items
clothing
woolens
linens