Receipt for 220 Pairs of Overalls
Document 1798Cochran confirms receipt of pairs of overalls for his Company of Artillerists stationed at Bedlow's Island for which he is accountable to the Secretary of War and the Commander in Chief of the Army of the United States.
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[N° 1]
[Entered 1st July 1800. (signature)]
[Examined N.D.]
[(71)]
[Rect Nov. 8 R.P.O.4018]
Received New York 17th November 1798 of Ebenezer Stevens agent for the War Department of the United States * Two hundred and Twenty pairs of Overalls for my Company and that of Captain Cochrans of the Second Regiment of Artillerists stationed at Bedloe's Island as part of the Uniform allowed by Government to said Troops. for which I promise to be accountable to the Secretary of War or the Commander in Chief of the Army of the United States — For which I sign duplicate Receipts —
W L Cochran
Capt 2d Regt A. & Engineers
John W. Livingston Jr Lieut for Capt John Henry —
Type
Document Signed
Description
Cochran confirms receipt of pairs of overalls for his Company of Artillerists stationed at Bedlow's Island for which he is accountable to the Secretary of War and the Commander in Chief of the Army of the United States.
Date
11/17/1798
Author
Recipient
Document number
1798111790101
Page start
6
Note
Enclosed in Simmons to Hodgdon, 05/08/1800.
Notable persons
W. L .Cochran
John W. Livingstone
John Henry
Ebenezer Stevens, Agent of the War Department
troops
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
uniform