Specifications for Uniforms
Document 1799McHenry quotes Washington on the color of the cavalry's breeches (buff instead of white) and McHenry goes into some detail on the regulations related to the uniforms of artillery and infantry officers.
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Letter Signed
Description
McHenry quotes Washington on the color of the cavalry's breeches (buff instead of white) and McHenry goes into some detail on the regulations related to the uniforms of artillery and infantry officers.
Date
05/11/1799
Author
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799051100301
Page start
1
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
Lieutenant General Washington
cavalry
General Officers convened at Philadelphia
infantry
artillery
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
uniform
leather breeches
buff
white
error
regulations for the uniform for the Army
approbation of the President [Adams]
revision
dressing the skins
remonstrances
change of buttons
yellow metal to white
artillery uniform
mark of distinction
powder
descriptions of the several parts of the uniform
ambiguity