Request for Issue of Artillerists' Clothing, With Return Thereof
Document 1799Directs issue of artillerists' clothing. A short note by Samuel Hodgdon is appended, which refers to an enclosed return for clothing sent by the unit's commanding officer. The return is also enclosed.
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[Docket: War Office / Nov. 26. 1799. / Cloathing to be D'd Capt / Elliott / [signature]]
War department 26. November 1799.
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to Captain Joseph Elliott or order Complete Suits for two Sergeants and eight privates belonging to his Company of Artillerists —
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Harris
The suits are to be compleat, the within return notwithstanding — Samuel Hodgdon
d'd Nov. 26. — 200 small yellow
56 No 1 large 3 Buttons
2 Yellow silks Shoulders
Cloathing Return for ten men of a company of Artillerists and Engineers commanded by me in the first Regt under the command of [undecipherable] Commandant H. Burbeck
[Table with the following columns: Coats (Serjeants | Privates) | Vests (Serjeants | Privates) | Woolen Overalls (Serjeants | Privates) | Shirts (Serjeants | Privates) | Pr. Shoes | Stockings | Shoulder knots | Stock | Blankets | Knapsacks]
Laboratory
26. Novr
1799.
Total | 10 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10
Joseph Elliott
Captn Arty
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of artillerists' clothing. A short note by Samuel Hodgdon is appended, which refers to an enclosed return for clothing sent by the unit's commanding officer. The return is also enclosed.
Date
11/26/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799112600001
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Captain Joseph Elliott
sergeants
privates
Artillerists and Engineers
H. Burbeck
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
complete suits
return
laboratory
coats
vests
woolen overalls
shirts
hats
socks
shoes
clasps
shoulder knots
sock
blankets
knapsacks


