Shabby Articles of Clothing
Document 1800Lt. Col. Nathan Rice asks if it would not be for the good of the service to issue some new clothing before the expiration of the year, so as to avoid the shabby appearance of soldiers wearing worn out clothes.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Lt. Col. Nathan Rice asks if it would not be for the good of the service to issue some new clothing before the expiration of the year, so as to avoid the shabby appearance of soldiers wearing worn out clothes.
Date
05/05/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Oxford [Massachusetts]
Collection
Document number
1800050560100
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Hamilton to Rice, 05/13/1800.
Papers of Alexander Hamilton, Vol. 24, p. 461
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Nathan Rice
regiment
recruits
guard
soldiers
Notable locations
Oxford
Massachusetts
Notable items
clothing
provisions
supplies
hat
coat
vest
linnen
linen
overalls
coveralls
clothes
uniform