Request for Issue of Artillerists' Hats & Shoes for New York Shipment

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[War Office Dec^r 3^d 1799 — that b[undecipherable] [undecipherable] to be forwarded to Cap^t [undecipherable] New York — J. [undecipherable]] War department 3 December 1799. Sir Be pleased to deliver to John Wilkins Junior Quarter Master General One hundred and [undecipherable] fifty hats and One thousand pairs of Shoes to be transported to New York to the address of Ebenezer Stevens Esq^r. James McHenry Samuel Hodgdon M^r John Harris

Type

Document Signed

Description

Directs issue of artillerists' hats and shoes for transport to New York.

Date

12/03/1799

Document number

1799120300101

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Note

2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.

Notable persons

John Harris

James McHenry

Samuel Hodgdon

John Wilkins Jr

Quartermaster General

Artillerists

Ebenezer Stevens

Notable locations

War Office

New York

Notable items

hats

shoes