Request for Issue of Uniform & Knapsack to Private, for 2nd Year's Bounty
Document 1799Directs issue of private's uniform & knapsack to a man in the 1st Infantry Regiment. A return signed by the paymaster general lists each item of clothing to which the man is entitled, as his clothing bounty for his second year of enlistment.
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Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of private's uniform & knapsack to a man in the 1st Infantry Regiment. A return signed by the paymaster general lists each item of clothing to which the man is entitled, as his clothing bounty for his second year of enlistment.
Date
08/23/1799
Author
Recipient
Repository
Document number
1799082300101
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
military storekeeper
1st Infantry Regiment
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
Secretary of War
Private Arthur Beatty
Captain Abner Prior
Company
Caleb Swan
paymaster general
servant
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
clothing
knapsack
coat
vest
shirt
overalls
shoes
stock
clasp
socks
blanket
enlistment
bounty
wool
linen