Request for Issue of Assorted Military Supplies to New York
Document 1799Directs issue of tents, equipment, ammunition, accoutrements, & musical instruments to New York.
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War department June 5th 1799
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to the Quarter Master General for transportation to New York, to the address of Colonel Ebenezer Stevens the following articles vizt —
+ Twenty common Tents
+ Two Horsemans tents
One Marquee
+ Fifty Camp Kettles
One hundred Knapsacks
+ One hundred Haversacks
One hundred Canteens
Fifteen Bell tents for Arms.
+ Five thousand Musket Cartridges
+ Five hundred Cartridge Boxes
+ Five hundred Bayonet Belts
Six Drums and furniture
+ Six Fifes —
+ Twenty Sergeants Shirts
+ Three hundred privates Shirts
+ Fifty Blankets —
James McHenry
Samuel [undecipherable: Hodgdon?]
Mr John Harris
[verso: War Office June 5th 1795 [undecipherable: probably 1799] directions to Mr [undecipherable] New York to Col Stevens]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Directs issue of tents, equipment, ammunition, accoutrements, & musical instruments to New York.
Date
06/05/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799060500001
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
multiple
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
War Department
New York