Receipt for 200 Pairs of Overalls
Document 1800Captain Stille confirms receipt of 200 pairs of overalls from Ebenezer Stevens, Agent for the War Department. The overalls are for Stille's Company and that of Captain Reed of the Second Regiment of Artillery stationed at West Point as part of the uniform established by the government for said troops.
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[N° 2]
[Entered 1st July 1800]
[Examined]
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[Received [undecipherable]]
[Stat: [undecipherable]]
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Received New York 24th November 1798 of Ebenezer Stevens agent for the War Department of the United States. Two hundred pairs of Overalls for my Company and that of Captain [undecipherable] of the 2d Regiment of Artillery stationed at West Point, 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—
[Note. Capt: Stelle received from Col: Stevens quantity of Cloth to: deemed sufficient to make a [undecipherable] number of overalls; but Capt: Stelle states it fell short 29 pairs in the making up—]
James Stelle
Capt. 2. reg. A.U.S.
Type
Document Signed
Description
Captain Stille confirms receipt of 200 pairs of overalls from Ebenezer Stevens, Agent for the War Department. The overalls are for Stille's Company and that of Captain Reed of the Second Regiment of Artillery stationed at West Point as part of the uniform established by the government for said troops.
Date
11/24/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Document number
1798112490101
Page start
8
Note
Enclosed in Simmons to Hodgdon, 05/08/1800.
Notable persons
James Stille
Ebenezer Stevens
Secretary of War
Commander in Chief of the Army
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
duplicate receipts
cloth

