Request for Issue of Clothing, Equipment, & Tents for 1st Infantry Regiment at Norfolk
Document 1800Directs issue of clothing, equipment, and tents for use by the men of the 1st Infantry Regiment stationed at Norfolk, VA.
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[War Office
April 25. 1800
Costs to be forwarded
to Claiborne
H. S.]
War Department. April 25. 1800.
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to John Wilkins Junior Esquire for transportation to Norfolk Virginia for the use of Captain Ferdinand L. Claibornes Company First Regiment of Infantry three Sergeants Coats three Sergeant Vests five pairs of Sergeants Woollen Overalls Six pairs of Sergeant Linen Overalls twelve Sergeant Shirts One Musicians Coats Sixteen private Coats forty seven privates Vests two pair of Privates Woollen Overalls ninety four pairs of privates Linen Overalls ninety nine Privates Shirts. — One hundred and twenty nine pairs of Shoes one hundred and eighty two pairs of socks eighteen Blankets twenty two stocks and Clasps twenty four hats — also One Horsemans ten Common tents fifty one Knapsacks and fifty one Canteens. the Coats to be of old uniforms should there not be enough of privates in Store to answer this order you will take Sergeant Coats to make up the deficiency —
James McHenry
Samuel [undecipherable]
Mr John Harris
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of clothing, equipment, and tents for use by the men of the 1st Infantry Regiment stationed at Norfolk, VA.
Date
04/25/1800
Author
Recipient
Document number
1800042500101
Page start
1
Note
3 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one without images, and one with photograph images of the same.
Notable persons
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
John Wilkins Jr
Captain Ferdinand L. Claiborne
First Regiment of Infantry
sergeants
musicians
privates
Notable locations
War Office
Norfolk, Virginia
Notable items
transportation
clothing
coats
vests
woolen overalls
linen overalls
shirts
pairs of shoes
pairs of socks
blankets
stocks and clasps
hats
horsemans tent
common tents
knapsacks
canteens
old uniform
store

