Request for supplies to a Regiment of Infantry
Document 1799A request for supplies for a regiment of infantry. Makes reference to knapsacks, canteens, General Hamilton and a paymaster of the regiment. Notes that the above deficiencies are stated on a return received from General Hamilton
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[undecipherable] Febry [undecipherable] 179[undecipherable]
Return of | [undecipherable] [Supplies?] wanting to complete
the [undecipherable] Regiment of Infantry
[undecipherable] [cavalry?]
[undecipherable] Boots
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Muskets
[undecipherable] [Cartridge?] Boxes
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Canteens
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
The above [deficiencies?] are stated in a Return [received?] from [undecipherable]
[the?] [undecipherable] General [undecipherable] and is [signed?] by
the [Regimental?] [undecipherable] of the Regiment. — [after?]
[examination?] if found accurate let them be [pack'd?]
[up?] and [made?] ready for Transportation. —
M[r?] John Harris Samuel Hodgdon
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Philadelphia [undecipherable] Febry [undecipherable] 179[undecipherable]
Return of | [undecipherable] [the?] are wanting to complete
the [undecipherable] Regiment of Infantry
two [hundred?] [Bayonets?]
two [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Knapsacks [and?] [their?] [Straps?]
[at?] [undecipherable] [from?] [the?] [undecipherable]
One Com[pany?] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [from?] [undecipherable] [Bayonets?] [Bills?]
Two [hundred?] [undecipherable] [Magazines?]
Three Hundred [undecipherable] Knapsacks
[undecipherable] [Drums?]
One [hundred?] Sixty [Canteens?]
[One?] [hundred?] twenty five [Mess?] [Pans?]
Seven [hundred?] [ten?] [undecipherable] Haversacks [undecipherable]
[Three?] [hundred?] [undecipherable] Spades [Two?] [hundred?] [undecipherable]
Two [hundred?] [undecipherable] [Canteens?] [and?] [undecipherable]
Two hundred of [Quilts?]
The above deficiencies are stated in a Return received from [Fort?] [undecipherable]
for this [reg?] [signed?] by the Quarter Master and [Major?] of the Reg[iment?]
after examination if found accurate let them be [handed?] [up?] and
[made?] ready for Transportation. Samuel Hodgdon
Type
Document Signed
Description
A request for supplies for a regiment of infantry. Makes reference to knapsacks, canteens, General Hamilton and a paymaster of the regiment. Notes that the above deficiencies are stated on a return received from General Hamilton
Date
11/06/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1799110628001
Page start
1
Note
Mostly illegible.
Notable persons
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
Infantry
General Alexander Hamilton
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
supplies
blankets
transportation
knapsacks
canteens
quills
spades
felling axes

