Request for Issue of Uniforms, Tents, & a Fife to Richmond Troops
Document 1799Directs issue of tents, uniforms & a fife for use at Richmond, VA.
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War Office
April 3d 1799
Sundries to be Dd the
Quarter Master Genl for
Transportation to Richmond
War department April 3d 1799 —
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to the order of the Quarter Master General- One Horsemans and eleven common tents, also one Drum and fife and two Musicians [strikethrough: Suits] [undecipherable: attitures] Suits — to be sent to Capt Samuel Eddens at Richmond in Virginia —
James McHenry
Samuel [undecipherable]
Mr John Harris
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Directs issue of tents, uniforms & a fife for use at Richmond, VA.
Date
04/03/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799040300101
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
Richmond
Virginia
Notable items
tents
uniforms
fife