Delivery of Clothing
Document 1798Orders to deliver uniforms, shoes, blankets, stocks etc. to West Point.
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War department October 3. 1798.
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to Samuel Hodgdon Eq. for transportation to West point the following articles of Artillerists clothing Viz to wit. fifty two privates Coats, forty six do Vests Two hundred and fourteen do Woollen Overalls. eighteen Sergeants Linen Overalls One hundred and forty privates Linen Overalls nine Sergeants Shirts three hundred and twenty three privates Shirts. three hundred pair of Shoes one hundred and fifty two pair of Socks ninety one Stocks ninety one Stock clasps Seventy five Blankets eight Silk Shoulder Knots. to be addressed to Capt. George Ingersoll —
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Harris
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Orders to deliver uniforms, shoes, blankets, stocks etc. to West Point.
Date
10/03/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1798100300401
Page start
2
Notable persons
John Harris
multiple
Samuel Hodgdon
Captain George Ingersall
James McHenry
Secretary of War
Captain George Ingersoll
Notable locations
War Department
West Point
New York
Notable items
deliver
for transportation
the following articles of Artillerists Clothing, etc
privates coats
vests
woolen overalls
sergeants linen overalls
privates linen overalls
sergeants shirts
privates shirts
pairs of shoes
pairs f socks
stocks
stock clasps
blankets
shoulder knot