Delivery of Uniforms
Document 1798Orders to deliver uniforms, shoes, socks, blankets, etc.
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War department September 10. 1798.
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to Samuel Hodgdon Eq: for transportation to Fort Wolcott near Newport Rhode Island addressed to Captain William Littlefield commanding there Four Serjeants Coats four Serjeant Vests eight Serjeants linen Overalls, eight Serjeants Woollen Overalls Sixteen Serjeants Shirts Two Musicians Coats thirty eight Privates Hats. th[ir]ty six do Coats fifty eight do Vests One hundred and sixteen do Linen Overalls — Sixty one Woollen Overalls. Five hundred and two do Shirts. two hundred and twenty seven Pairs of Shoes. One hundred and eighty five pair of Socks Sixty two Stocks and Clasps, twenty eight Blankets Sixty two Knapsacks and Haversacks — The Clothing to be in Tents — pack'd
Be pleased also to deliver to Samuel Hodgdon Eq: for transportation to New Brunswick addressed to Ensign Boote. Twenty suits Infantry Clothing thirty five Stands of Arms and Accoutrements — thirty five Knapsacks and thirty five Canteens —
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
[Boots Clothing &c c
fond, Oct 6th 90 see it in red book —]
Mr John Harris
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Orders to deliver uniforms, shoes, socks, blankets, etc.
Date
09/10/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1798091000301
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
Captain William Littlefield
Ensign Boote
James McHenry
Secretary of War
military storekeeper
musician
artillerists
Notable locations
War Department
Fort Wolcott
Newport
Rhode Island
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Notable items
deliver
for transportation
sergeants coats
sergeants vests
sergeants linen overalls
sergeants woolen overalls
sergeants shirts
musicians coats
privates hats
coats
vests
linen overalls
woolen overalls
shirts
pair of shoes
pairs of socks
stocks and clasps
blankets
knapsacks
haversacks
clothing to be artillerists
infantry clothing
stands of arms
accoutrements
canteens

