Delivery of cloth and thread for uniform overalls

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Intendants Office Sept. 10 1800 Sundries to be Ded Francis Brown for th purpose of being cut up into Soldiers Cloth Sl. Intendant of Stores Office Philadelphia 10th Septr 1800. Sir, Be pleased to deliver Francis Brown or ordr, Sixty piecs of ravens Duck, Ten pices of brown linn, and thirty five pounds of thread suitable for cutting out one thousand pairs of Overalls, for the Army, and affordning materials for making them up Your most obedint Servant Samuel Hodgdon

Mr. John Harris

As the articles when cut out & accompanied with the linen & thread as trimmings must form the credit, to balance the delivery. I have thought it best to draw in favour of the operator instead of the Purveyor as usual, in either case it passes to the General Account immediatley. JH

Type

Letter Signed

Description

Letter, directs delivery of cloth and thread for uniform overalls.

Date

09/10/1800

Recipient

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1800091028101

Page start

1

Notable persons

John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
Francis Brown
operator
purveyor

Notable locations

Philadelphia

Notable items

deliver
ravens duck
brown linen
thread
overalls
army
trimmings
credit
balance
general account