Request for Issue of Various Military Stores to Various Detachments of the 10th Regiment
Document 1799Delivery of uniforms, camp equipment and musical instruments, detailing which detachments are supposed to receive what.
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[War Office
May 9. 1799
Andrs for this
10th Regt]
War department, May 9. 1799
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to the order of Thomas L Moore Esqr Lt. Colonel Commandant of the [underline: Tenth] Regiment of Infantry the number of Suits of Clothing, tents, Knapsacks, Canteens, Drums and fifes, herein after mentioned & Camp Kettles and which the Quarter Master General will be directed to send to the several places and to the address of the several persons herein after mentioned viz.
For Pittsburg - to the address of Major George Stevenson. Seventy five Suits three drums and three fifes with case sticks &c Seventy five
[#] Knapsacks seventy five Canteens and thirteen Camp Kettles
For Carlisle — Six of the Suits to be Musicians —
to the address of Major William Henderson — one hundred suits three drums and three fifes with case sticks &c one hundred
packd [//] Knapsacks One hundred Canteens and seventeen Camp Kettles Six of the Suits to be Musicians.
For Lancaster — to the address of Capt. Matthew Henry fifty suits one Drum and one fife fifty Knapsacks fifty Canteens & nine Camp Kettles
packd two of the Suits to be Musicians.
For Bristol — to the address of Captain Benjamin Gibbs twenty five suits one Drum and one fife twenty five
[packd —] Knapsacks twenty five Canteens and five Camp Kettles two of the Suits to be Musicians also One
[//] hundred Tents with poles complete — —
Thos.
For York Town. to the address of Capt. Andrews Johnson thirty suits — thirty Knapsacks — thirty Canteens and five Camp Kettles —
[packd]
None of the Clothing to be [underline: Sergeants]
The Paymaster of the Regiment is to be charged with the Clothing and the Quarter Master with ye other Articles
James McHenry
Mr Harris will please to deliver the Articles addressed to Cap. Gibbs to the order of Lieut Potts excepting 10 Tents which are to be sent to Cap. Schroeter at York town.
May 11th 1799 — Thomas L. Moore Lt. Col.
Qr. Master of the 10th Regt.
Mr. John Harris David Offley
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Delivery of uniforms, camp equipment and musical instruments, detailing which detachments are supposed to receive what.
Date
05/09/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1799050900601
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
James McHenry
Lieut Potts
David Offley
Capt Andrew Johnson
Capt Matthew Henry
Captain Benjamin Gibbs
Major William Henderson
Thomas I Moore
Tenth Regiment of Infantry
Major George Stevenson
Notable locations
War Department
Pittsburg
Carlisle
Lancaster
Bristol
York Town
Notable items
none of the clothing to be Sergeants
paymaster of the regiment is to be charged with the clothing and the quartermaster with the other articles
tents with poles complete
fifes with case sticks
suits to be musicians
deliver
suits of clothing, tents, knapsacks canteens drums and fifes, & camp kettles
sent to several places and to the address of several persons

