Request for Issue of Clothing, Equipment & Swords to Ports North of New York

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Type

Document Signed

Description

Directs sending of numerous military stores to New York, in parcels marked for transport to Boston, Mass.; Newport, RI; and Portland, Mass [now Maine]. The items are clothing, equipment and swords.

Date

12/17/1799

Recipient

Document number

1799121700001

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
John Wilkins Jr
Quartermaster General
Ebenezer Stevens
Captain Wadsworth
Captain Gates
Captain Henry

Notable locations

War Office
New York
Portland
Boston
Newport

Notable items

parcels
hats
sergeants shirts
privates shirts
stocks and clasps
pairs of shoes
blankets
epaulets
knapsacks
canteens
swords