Request for Issue of Clothing for Several Units Near Knoxville
Document 1799Directs issue of clothing to troops near Knoxville, TN for cavalry, the 1st Regiment of Artillery, and the 3d & 4th Infantry Regiments.
War Office
Nov 11 1799
Cloaths to be Dld for the
Troops in Tennessee
Dld
War department November 11th 1799
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to John Wilkins Junr. Esqr to be forwarded to Knoxville in the State of Tennessee to the address of David Henley Esqr the following suits of Clothing for the Troops in that quarter - viz
For Cavalry.
Three Sergeants - One Musicians, three Corporals, forty one privates
For Artillery, - 1 Regiment
Two Sergeants - three Corporals and fourteen privates
Third Regiment of Infantry
Three Sergeants, two Musicians two Corporals, thirty five privates
Fourth Regiment of Infantry
Twenty one Sergeants, twelve Musicians, fifteen Corporals, two hundred & forty seven Privates}
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Harris
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