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Document 1798Order to deliver supplies and clothing to artillerists c/o Samuel Hodgdon.
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[War Office
July 10, 1798
Clothing to be despatched
up for several stations for
Artillery]
War department July 10.th 1798
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to Samuel Hodgdon Esqr for transportation to the places herein after mentioned the number of suits of Artillerists Clothing, Knapsacks Arms Accoutrements and Canteens opposite to them respectively — viz:
✓ Portland . . . . . . . Massachusets . X . . . . twenty five . X . addres. to Capt. Amos Stoddert
✓ Boston . . . . . . . . do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fifty . . . . . do . . . Capt. Samuel Gates
✓ New London . . . Connecticut . . . . . . . . . fifty . . . . . . . . . Capt. Decius Wadsworth
✓ New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fifty
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fifty . . . . . . . . . Capt. Walter Dachman
✓ Albany . . . . . New York . . . . . . twenty five . X . D. Nathan Leonard
✓ Windsor . . . . . . Vermont . . . . . . . twenty five . . . Capt. James Stille
✓ Trenton . . . . . New Jersey . . . . . . twenty five . X . Capt. James Read
✓ Easton . . . . . . Pennsylvania . . . . . twenty five . X . Capt. Callend. Irvine
✓ Carlisle . . . . . . . do . . . . . . . . . . . twenty five . X . Dr. James Many
✓ Dover . . . . ✓ . . . Delaware . . . . . twenty five . X . Dr. John Knight
✓ Chestertown . . . E. Shore Maryland . . . twenty five . X . Dr. Alex. D. Pope
✓ Cartersville . . . . Virginia . . . . . . . . twenty five . . . Dr. Hancock
✓ Kempsville . near Norfolk . do . . . . . twenty five . . . Dr. Jno. Hancock
✓ Richmond . . . . . . do . . . . . . . . . . . fifty . . . . . . . Cap. Samd. Eddins
✓ Charlotte . . . — . No. Carolina . . . Twenty five . . . Dr. Patrick b. Harris.
Should there be no Woollen Overalls in Store, the other articles are not to be delayed on that account but forwaided immediately —
I am Sir
Your obedt servant
Timothy Pickering,
Secy of War pro tem.
Wm. John Harris
[Note: all those markd thus ✓ are Compld with —]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Order to deliver supplies and clothing to artillerists c/o Samuel Hodgdon.
Date
07/10/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798071000002
Page start
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Notable persons
John Harris
Timothy Pickering
Samuel Hodgdon
artillerists
Notable locations
War Department
Portland
Boston
New London
New York
Albany
Windsor
Trenton
Easton
Carlisle
Dover
Chestertown
Cartersville
Kempville
Richmond
Charlotte
North Carolina
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
Vermont
Connecticut
New Jersey
Maryland

