Request for Sundries from General James Wilkinson
Document 1800Letter, discusses request for sundries from General James Wilkinson for 1st, 2nd & 3rd Infantry Regiments.
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[Mr John Harris
Public Storekeeper
Philadelphia]
[one third of each of the within must be delivered to each Regt: the remainder or [undecipherable] of them & the Boys Belts are to be in three [undecipherable] — pardon de [undecipherable]]
Intendant of Stores Office
Philadelphia 17th October 1800.
Sir,
The Secretary of War informs me that General Wilkinson when at Harpers Ferry, requested Mr Hennin to send to Pittsburg, the following articles for the use of the first, second, and third Regiments of Infantry, [strikethrough: viz] and they were accordingly forwarded Viz:
Six hundred Bayonet Scabbards and Belts,
Six hundred Cartouch Boxes and Belts.
Twenty two Swords and Belts for non Commissioned Officers; which you will therefore;
Be pleased to deduct from the amount of the order in favor of those Regiments; issued from this Office on the 20th September 1800, the same having been supplied from Harpers Ferry.
Your most obt Servant
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Harris
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Letter, discusses request for sundries from General James Wilkinson for 1st, 2nd & 3rd Infantry Regiments.
Date
10/17/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1800101728001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
General Wilkinson
Mr. Annin
Public Storekeeper
Secretary of War
Infantry
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Harpers Ferry
Pittsburgh
Virginia
West Virginia
Notable items
articles
bayonet scabbards and belts
cartouch boxes and belts
swords and belts

