Replacing Privates' Clothing with Sergeants' Clothing
Document 1798Hodgdon proposes sending sergeants' clothing in place of privates clothing which is in short supply. Though the clothing for sergeants is more expensive there is not much difference between the two.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Hodgdon proposes sending sergeants' clothing in place of privates clothing which is in short supply. Though the clothing for sergeants is more expensive there is not much difference between the two.
Date
09/28/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1798092828355
Page start
233
Notable persons
John Swan
Samuel Hodgdon
Secretary of War [McHenry]
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Notable items
articles of clothing
patterns
privates' shirts, vests, or woolen overalls
former contracts for sergeants
receipt