Designated Rendezvouses for the Distribution of Clothing & Equipage
Document 1799Hamilton designates a location within each northeastern state that will serve as the regimental rendezvous for the purpose of distributing clothing and equipage.
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[pg 18.] Philadelphia [undecipherable] April · 1799
[undecipherable marginalia]
I request that a competent supply
camp kettles
[of] Knapsacks and Canteens may be forwarded
[as] may thereby follow it
[of] Cloathing. The Regimental or [undecipherable] rendezvous
[have] been appointed, liable however to revision, are
[for] Connecticut [underline: New Haven]; for New York the town
[of] Chester, for New Jersey, [underline: Elizabeth Town] for
[Pennsylva]nia [underline: Bristol], for Maryland [underline: Havre de Grace].
[The] this will be hereafter communicated.
With great respect I have
the honor to be &
yr &c.
Type
Autograph Draft Letter
Description
Hamilton designates a location within each northeastern state that will serve as the regimental rendezvous for the purpose of distributing clothing and equipage.
Date
04/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799049940302
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Notable locations
Philadelphia
regimental or circle rendezvous
New Haven
Connecticut
New York
Rochester
New Jersey
Elizabeth Town
Pennsylvania
Bristol
Maryland
Havre De Grasse
Notable items
tents
knapsacks
camp kettles
canteens
clothing