Necessary Supplies Should be Forwarded
Document 1799"...we have neither tents nor the necessary camp utensils. I will however endeavor to help them over these inconveniences until, by your communications to the War Office, the necessary supplies may be forwarded--each Company will at present require 4 good axes and 4 spades and the earliest attention should be paid to the forwarding [of] the pelluses allowed--a further supply of clothing is necessary and more money for the recruiting service..."
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
"...we have neither tents nor the necessary camp utensils. I will however endeavor to help them over these inconveniences until, by your communications to the War Office, the necessary supplies may be forwarded--each Company will at present require 4 good axes and 4 spades and the earliest attention should be paid to the forwarding [of] the pelluses allowed--a further supply of clothing is necessary and more money for the recruiting service..."
Date
06/12/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
East Chester, New York
Collection
Document number
1799061260200
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
William S. Smith
Notable locations
East Chester, New York
War Office
Notable items
tents
camp utensils
necessary supplies
axes
spades
pelluses
further supply of clothing
more money for the recruiting service