Receipt for Arms, Clothing, & Equipage
Document 1799Read confirms receipt of the clothing, equipage, and arms he received in two hogsheads and one chest in February at West Point. Everything agrees with the invoice except for the absence of one pair of socks.
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[Docket endorsement, written at angle:] Cpt'n [Jannered?] — 25 [undecipherable] 1799 — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] arrived
[Stamp:] Recd from
State Leg.
Nov. [undecipherable]
B.P.O. [undecipherable] 1810.
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr
Capt [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
[Notation:] 12/21
Received of Samuel Hodgdon twenty two Artillery Hats twenty two stocks and clasps, eighteen privates artillery Hats eighteen Vests, thirty six artillery linnen overalls, eighty six privates woolen overalls, seventy two privates shirts, eighty eight pairs of shoes eighty seven pair of socks, two artillery musicians coats two sergeants coats, four sergeants vests, eight sergeants woolen overalls eight [undecipherable] linnen overalls, sixteen sergeants shirts four yellow silk epaulets, twenty two blankets, twenty two wooden canteens, twenty cartoch boxes, twenty brush & wires, five gun worms, four sergeants swords, one fife, one drum &caise, one drum sling, two drum sticks, twenty two painted knapsacks and twenty Coharlaville muskets complete. The above cloathing were contained in two hogsheads and one chest —— ——
West Point February 23d 1799 [Jannered] Captn
2d Regt A & C
Si
The above cloathing arrived here on 23d of February last in good order, they agree with the invoice, except the deficiency of one pair of socks
Samuel Hodgdon Civ I am your
dutt servt
[Jannered]
West Point March 20th 1799
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Read confirms receipt of the clothing, equipage, and arms he received in two hogsheads and one chest in February at West Point. Everything agrees with the invoice except for the absence of one pair of socks.
Date
03/20/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Document number
1799032080201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
James Read
Notable locations
Philadelphia
West Point
Pennsylvania
New York
Notable items
Clothing
equipment
equipage
arms
weapons
guns
hogsheads
chest
socks
Artillery
hats
stocks
clasps
coats
vests
linen
overalls
wool
shoes
musician's coats
shirts
silk
epaulets
blankets
canteens
cartouche
boxes
cartridge
fife
drum sling
drum sticks
drums
knapsacks
muskets

