Estimate of Clothing for an Army of 20,000 Men
Document 1798Estimate per item of clothing needed for an army of 20,000 men.
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Estimate of Clothing for an Army of Twenty thousand Men, composed of Infantry, Cavalry and Artillerists, in the usual proportions.
Infantry Non Commissioned Officers
cents
Hats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1728 @ 80 1,382.40
Coats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1728 . 675 11,644.—
Vests . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1728 . 150 2,592.—
Shirts . . . . . . . . . . . . 11008 . 140 15,411.20
Linen Overalls pairs of . . . 3456 . 155 5,356.80
Woolen ditto . . . . . . . . . 3456 . 150 5,184.—
Shoes pairs of . . . . . . . . 11008 . 80 8,806.40
Socks . . . . . . . . . . . . 11008 . 9 990.72
Leather Stocks . . . . . . . . 2762 . 8 220.16
Stock Clasps . . . . . . . . . 2762 . 5 137.60
Privates
Hats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14336 . 80 11,468.80
Coats . . . . . . . . . . . . 14336 . 430 64,812.—
Vests . . . . . . . . . . . . 14336 . 100 14,336.—
Shirts . . . . . . . . . . . 53248 . 110 58,572.80
Linen Overalls pairs of . . . 28672 . 105 30,106.60
Woolen d° . . . . . . . . . 28672 . 100 28,672.—
Shoes pairs of . . . . . . . 11008 . 80 42,598.40
Socks . . . . . . . . . . . . 11008 . 9 4,792.3[undecipherable]
Leather Stocks . . . . . . . . 2752 . 8 1,064.9[undecipherable]
Stock Clasps . . . . . . . . . 2752 . 5 665.1[undecipherable]
Cavalry Non Commissioned Officers
Caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 . 250 930.—
Coats . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 . 675 1,647.—
Vests . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 . 150 366.—
Shirts . . . . . . . . . . . . 1488 . 140 2,083.20
Boots pairs of . . . . . . . . 744 . 400 2,976.—
Leather Breeches . . . . . . . 872 . 350 1,302.—
Carried forward 317,817.9[undecipherable]
Estimate Continued
Brought forward . . . . 317,817.96
Cavalry Non Commissioned, continued
cents
Leather Stocks . . . . . . . . 372 @ 8 29.76
Stock Clasps . . . . . . . . . 372 . 5 18.60
Stockings pairs of . . . . . . 744 . 50 372.—
Privates
Caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1644 . 250 4,160.—
Coats . . . . . . . . . . . . 1792 . 430 8,064.—
Vests . . . . . . . . . . . . 1792 . 100 1,792.—
Shirts . . . . . . . . . . . . 6666 . 110 7,321.60
Leather Breeches . . . . . . . 1664 . 350 5,824.—
Boots pairs of . . . . . . . . 3328 . 400 13,312.—
Leather Stocks . . . . . . . . 1664 . 8 133.12
Stock Clasps . . . . . . . . . 1664 . 5 83.20
Stockings pairs of . . . . . . 3328 . 50 1,664.—
Artillery Non Commissioned Officers
Hats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 @ 90 115.20
Coats . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 . 975 1,248.—
Vests . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 . 150 192.—
Shirts . . . . . . . . . . . . 768 . 140 1,075.20
Linen Overalls pairs of . . . 256 . 155 396.80
Woolen ditto . . . . . . . . . 256 . 275 704.—
Shoes pairs of . . . . . . . . 768 . 80 614.40
Socks . . . . . . . . . . . . 768 . 9 69.12
Leather Stocks . . . . . . . . 192 . 8 15.36
Stock Clasps . . . . . . . . . 192 . 5 9.60
Privates
Hats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 944 @ 90 849.60
Coats . . . . . . . . . . . . 944 . 650 6,136.—
Vests . . . . . . . . . . . . 944 . 100 944.—
Carried forward . . . . 372,961.32
Estimate Continued
Brought forward . . . . 372,961.32
Artillery
Privates Continued
cents
Shirts . . . . . . . . . . . . 3750 @ 140 4,928.—
Linen Overalls pairs of . . . 1888 . 106 1,972.40
Woolen d° . . . . . . . . . . 1888 . 130 2,432.—
Shoes pairs of . . . . . . . . 3520 . 80 2,816.—
Socks . . . . . . . . . . . . 3520 . 9 316.80
Leather Stocks . . . . . . . . 880 . 8 70.40
Stock Clasps . . . . . . . . . 880 . 5 44.—
Total Dollars 385,951.12/100
Philadelphia
May 1798
Samuel Hodgdon
Honorable
Secretary of War
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Estimate per item of clothing needed for an army of 20,000 men.
Date
05/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1798059928155
Page start
94
Notable persons
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
infantry
cavalry
artillery
non-commissioned officers
privates
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
estimate
clothing
hats
coats
vests
shirts
linen overalls
woolen overalls
shoes
socks
leather stocks
stock clasps
boots
leather breeches
caps
coats

