Request for Issue of Assorted Military Supplies to Charleston, South Carolina
Document 1799Directs shipping to Charleston, South Carolina of uniforms, accoutrements, camp items, and office supplies.
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[War office
July 1799
Circulars to the four
for the 5 Reg.]
War department 8th July 1799.
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to John Wilkins Junr Eqr. Quarter Master Genl. for transportation to Charleston South Carolina to the address of William Crafts Eqr. the following articles for the use of the fifth Regiment of Infantry viz. Forty four Sergeants, twenty two Musicians and six hundred and forty suits of privates Clothing, also six hundred and eighty four stands of Arms six hundred and eighty four Cartouch Boxes six hundred and eighty four Bayonet Belts and Scabbards Two thousand and fifty two flints, six hundred and eighty four Screwdrivers Six hundred and eighty four Gun Worms Six hundred and eighty four Brushes and Wires Forty four Sergeants Swords & Belts Ten Drums with carriages and cases ten fifes with cases One Marquee with poles and pins twenty five Horsemans tents with ditto One hundred and forty four common Tents with ditto Seven hundred and six Knapsacks One hundred and forty five camp Kettles Seven hundred and four Lanterns with straps One hundred and twenty two Mess Bowls Seven hundred and six platters or Trenchers, Ten felling Axes Ten pick Axes Ten Spades Twelve orderly Books Two Reams of paper — forty four papers of Ink powder and four hundreds of Quills —
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
[To John Davis]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs shipping to Charleston, South Carolina of uniforms, accoutrements, camp items, and office supplies.
Date
07/01/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799070100001
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
William Crafts
fifth Regiment of Infantry
John Wilkins Jr
Quartermaster General
sergeants
musicians
privates
Notable locations
War Department
Charleston, South Carolina
Notable items
transportation
suits of clothing
stands of arms
cartouch boxes
bayonet belts and scabbards
flints
screw drivers
gun worms
brushes and wires
sergeants swords and belts
drums with carriages and cases
fifes with cases
marquee with poles and pins
horsemans tents
common tents
knapsacks
camp kettles
canteens with straps
mess bowls
platters or trenchers
axes
pick axes
spades
orderly books
reams of paper
papers of ink powder
quills

