Request for Issue of Accoutrements, Tents, Instruments, & Equipment to 16th Infantry, NY
Document 1799Directs issue of accoutrements, tents, instruments, & camp equipment to the 16th Infantry in New York.
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[War Office
May 13. 1799
[undecipherable: probable reading Ven Docts to forge] 26
New York to [undecipherable]]
War department May 13 1799
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to the Quarter Master General to be transported to New York to the address of Colonel Ebenezer Stevens the following articles for the use of the Sixteenth Regiment of Infantry —
+ Six hundred and eighty Cartoch boxes
+ Six hundred and eighty screw drivers
+ Six hundred and eighty Gun Worms
+ Six hundred and eighty Brushes and Wires
+ Six hundred and eighty Bayonet Belts
+ Sixty four Sergeants Swords and Belts.
+ Ten Drums Carriages sticks and bases
x Ten fifes with Cases
+ One Marque with poles complete
Twenty five Horsemans Tents 27—
One hundred and forty four common Tents 96
+ One hundred and twenty Camp Kettles
Seven hundred and four Knapsacks 4—
Seven hundred and four Canteens ——400
James McHenry
Mr John Harris
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Directs issue of accoutrements, tents, instruments, & camp equipment to the 16th Infantry in New York.
Date
05/13/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1799051300001
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
James McHenry
Notable locations
War Department
New York