Request to deliver to John Wilkins Junior complete suits of infantry clothing for the recruiting service to be addressed to General James Wilkinson
Document 1800Letter, directs delivery of 200 sets of uniforms for the recruiting service.
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[Intendants Office
Sept. 2, 1800
200 Suits Infy Cloathg to be
fowd to Genl James Wilkinson for the
at the City Washington for the
3d & 4 Reg. of Infantry —
No —]
Intendant of Stores Office
Philadelphia 2d. Septr. 1800
Sir
Be pleased to deliver to John Wilkins Junior Quarter master General a order, the following Infantry Clothing &c for transportation to the City of Washington Vizt [underline: Complete Suits] of Infantry Clothing for eight Sergeants, eight Corporals, four musicians, and one hundred and eighty privates, with a sufficient quantity of buttons for the whole, one half marked for the third, and the other for the fourth Regiments. —
Also, one hundred screw drivers, and two hundred Brushes and Wires. The whole to be addressed to General James Wilkinson, for the [underline: Recruiting service] agreeably to instructions received from the Secretary of war this day. —
Your most obedient Servant
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Harris
Public Storekeeper
Philadelphia
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Letter, directs delivery of 200 sets of uniforms for the recruiting service.
Date
09/02/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1800090228001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
John Wilkins
General James Wilkinson
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
City of Washington
Notable items
complete suits of Infantry clothing
sergeants
corporals
musicians
privates
buttons
third and
fourth regiments
screw drivers
brushes and wires

