Order for Tents and Shirts
Document 1798McHenry requests that tents and shirts be delivered to Major P. Gordon for which he will provide a receipt. The shirts must be washed before they can be returned to the store.
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Lamb= Augt 29 1798 Recd of
p M ant twelve poles hemp for three
Common Tents and one Marke which were
deliverd insted of the auther from Tents
for [strikethrough: [undecipherable]]
[signature: [undecipherable]]
P. Gordon
Thos [undecipherable] Potter
[Received from State Dep't Nov. 24, 1894. R.P.O. 401310.]
No. [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
Col [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
War Department 29 Aug 1798
Sir
You will be pleased to deliver to Major Peter Gordon four tents, to be returned, and for which he will give his receipt. They are to be washed and purified before they can be returned back to the Store.
Col. [undecipherable] [undecipherable]ton. James McHenry
Secy. of W[ar]
Recd of Colt Hunt the above mentioned
four Tents — P. Gordon
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
McHenry requests that tents and shirts be delivered to Major P. Gordon for which he will provide a receipt. The shirts must be washed before they can be returned to the store.
Date
08/29/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1798082900301
Page start
1
Notable persons
Hunt Lamberton
James McHenry
Notable locations
War Department