Request for clothing and equipment
Document 1799Letter, directs delivery of uniforms, blankets to Captain John Bishop's company of Second Regiment of Artillerists & Engineers.
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[Intendants Office
Nov 4. 1799
Checklist to [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] Regt. [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]]
Sir, Philadelphia, 4 Novemb. 1799.
You will be pleased to deliver Captain John Bishop of the second Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, or order, the following articles of Clothing for the use, and in full for what may be due the men of his Company for the year 1800, agreeably to his Return on file in my Office — viz Eightyfour Hats; four Sergeants Coats, four do Vests. Eight Shirts. (Sergeants) and Eight pairs do Woollen Overalls; Two Musicians Coats; Seventyeight Privates Coats, Eighty privates Vests, one hundred and Sixty Privates Shirts, one hundred and Sixty pairs Privates Woollen Overalls, One hundred and fiftysix pairs Shoes, One hundred and fiftysix pairs of Socks, Eightyfour Stocks & Clasps, Eightyfour Blankets, Eightyfour Knapsacks, Eightyfour Canteens, Two Sergeants Swords. One Drum, two Fifes, & Two Epaulets. —
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Harris
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Letter, directs delivery of uniforms, blankets to Captain John Bishop's company of Second Regiment of Artillerists & Engineers.
Date
11/04/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1799110428101
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
Captain John Bishop
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
clothing
hats
sergeants coats
vests
seargeant's coats
woollen overalls
musicians coats
privates coats
privates vests
privates shirts
privates woolen overalls
shoes
socks
stocks & clasps
blankets
knapsacks
canteens
sergeants swords
drum
fifes
epaulets.

