Request for Issue of Assorted Military Supplies to 12th Infantry Regiment at New York
Document 1799Directs issue of arms & accoutrements, tents, & equipment to the 12th Regiment of Infantry at New York.
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War Office
May 24
Sundries for the 12th Regt
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War department May 24. 1799
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to the Quarter Master General for transportation to New York to the address of Col. Ebenezer Stevens for the use of the Twelfth Regiment of Infantry Six hundred and eighty Cartouch 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 with Belts, One Marquees with poles complete twenty five Horsemans Tents with poles One hundred and forty four common Tents One hundred and twenty Camp Kettles and four hundred and four Knapsacks
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Harris
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of arms & accoutrements, tents, & equipment to the 12th Regiment of Infantry at New York.
Date
05/24/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799052400201
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
12th Infantry Regiment
military storekeeper
Colonel Ebenezer Stevens
Quartermaster General
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
New York
War Office
Notable items
cartouche boxes
cartouch boxes
screwdriver
gun worm
brushes
wires
bayonet belts
sergeant's swords
marquee tent
poles
common tents
camp kettles
knapsacks

