Request for Issue of Weapons & Equipment to Troops Sent to Quell Northampton Insurgency
Document 1799Directs issue of weapons & equipment for use by troops being sent on expedition against the Northampton insurgents.
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[Endorsement on right side of address panel:]
to an Officer
April 1. 1799
directed to deliver
Jno. Q—
[undecipherable] to
[Address panel, left side diagonal:]
War department
Mr John Harris -
War department April 1. 1799
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to the order of John Wilkins Jun. Esq
Quarter Master General the following articles for the use of the
Troops destined for the expedition against the Northampton Insurgents.
✓ Six thousand pistol Cartridges assorted mostly of the small size -
Thirty Horsemans Swords and Batons
✓ Ten. - ditto Cartridge Boxes. ✓
✓ Four Trumpets [undecipherable]
✓ Twelve Pick Axes
✓ Eighty Wooden Bowls [undecipherable]
✓ Thirty five frying Pans
Forty two Camp Stools
✓ Ten hand Saws.
Sixty forage Bags —
Two hundred and fifty Blankets
James McHenry
[undecipherable: probable reading Samuel Hodgdon]
Mr John Harris
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Directs issue of weapons & equipment for use by troops being sent on expedition against the Northampton insurgents.
Date
04/01/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799040100601
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 Department
Northampton
Notable items
weapons
equipment

