Return of Public Stores
Document 1799Encloses a return of public stores that may be wanted for the department, including tents, kettles, knapsacks, canteens, cartridge boxes, etc. Reminds Hodgdon that when two companies are deployed to South Western Pennsylvania to quell a riot, there were not enough musket cartridges in store to supply them.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Encloses a return of public stores that may be wanted for the department, including tents, kettles, knapsacks, canteens, cartridge boxes, etc. Reminds Hodgdon that when two companies are deployed to South Western Pennsylvania to quell a riot, there were not enough musket cartridges in store to supply them.
Date
06/04/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1799060480001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Ebenezer Stevens
Captain Henry
Captain Cockran
Notable locations
Philadelphia
New York
Fort Jay
South West Pennsylvania
Notable items
public clothing
public stores
list
riot
musket cartridge
return
tents
horsemans tents
marquee
camp kettles
knapsacks
haversacks
canteens
bell tents for army
cartridge boxes
bayonet belts
drums
fifes and drum furniture
soldiers shirts
non commissioned officers shirts
blankets