Request for Issue of Military Equipment & Ammunition
Document 1799Directs issue of haversacks, gun slings, tents, & cartridges.
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War department March 23, 1799.
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to the order of Captain Joseph Elliott the following articles for the use of the Troops under his command, viz Sixty six Haversacks, Sixty six Gun Slings Ten privates Tents and sixty dozen of Musket Ball Cartridges —
James McHenry
Samuel [undecipherable]
Mr John Harris
[War Office
March 23. 1799
(Answers to be s[undecipherable] Capt
Joseph Elliott —]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Directs issue of haversacks, gun slings, tents, & cartridges.
Date
03/23/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799032300101
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
multiple
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
War Office
Notable items
haversacks
gun slings
tents
cartridges