Requests for Issue of Assorted Military Supplies to 10th Regiment
Document 1799Two documents, regarding the same regiment and dated the same day. The first directs issue of arms & accoutrements, tents, musical instruments, and equipment for use by the 10th Regiment. The second directs issue of clothing to the same.
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[War office
June 10th 1799
Clothing for the 10 Reg]
War department June 10. 1799
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to Lieut David Offley Quarter Master [strikethrough: General] of the 10 Regiment the following articles viz four hundred and twenty four knapsacks six hundred and eighty stands of Arms Six hundred and eighty Cartouch Boxes six hundred and eighty screw drivers six hundred and eighty Gunworms six hundred and eighty Brushes and Wires six hundred and eighty Bayonet Belts Sixty four Sergeants Swords two drums and two fifes one Marquee twenty five Horsemans forty four common Tents seventy one Lamp Kettles and four hundred and twenty four Lanterns, and have the said Articles put up in such quantities as the said Quarter Masters shall direct The Tent to have poles.
James McHenry
[signature]
Mr John Harris
[6 Horsemans Tents foot
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Two documents, regarding the same regiment and dated the same day. The first directs issue of arms & accoutrements, tents, musical instruments, and equipment for use by the 10th Regiment. The second directs issue of clothing to the same.
Date
06/10/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799061000001
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