Request for Temporary Issue of Arms & Accoutrements for Recruits
Document 1800Directs temporary issue of arms & accoutrements to a company of recruits in Philadelphia, to be returned before they depart.
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War Department 3 January 1800
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to Captain Benjamin Gibbs, thirty stands of Arms and Accoutrements, taking his Obligation to return the same into the public Store previous to his Recruits marching from Philadelphia —
James McHenry
Mr John Harris
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs temporary issue of arms & accoutrements to a company of recruits in Philadelphia, to be returned before they depart.
Date
01/03/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1800010300001
Page start
1
Note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
James McHenry
Captain Benjmain Gibbs
recruits
Notable locations
War Department
Philadelphia
Notable items
arms and accoutrements
public store
muskets