Request for Issue of Clothing, Weapons & Equipment for Recruits in Philadelphia
Document 1800Directs issue of clothing, weapons, & equipment for a troop of recruits meeting in Philadelphia.
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Intendant of Stores Office
Philadelphia 18th Novr 1800.
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to Captain John Hoth or order, the following Infantry Clothing &c for the use of certain recruits under his command, at the Rendezvous in this city (Viz: twenty Hats, twenty Cockades and Eagles, twenty Stocks and Clasps, twenty privates Coats, twenty privates Vests, forty privates Shirts, forty privates woolen Overalls, forty pairs of Socks, forty pairs of Shoes, forty Blankets, two Swords and Belts, and two Epaulets, agreeably to his return, dated this day.
Your most obedient Servant
James Abm
[marginalia: The above clothing will be delivered out of the quantity lately received from Virginia]
Mr John Harris
Public Storekeeper
Philadelphia
[Endorsement, verso: Intendants Office Novr 18. 1800 — Captn [undecipherable] Capr Hoth — Do d—]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of clothing, weapons, & equipment for a troop of recruits meeting in Philadelphia.
Date
11/18/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1800111828001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
recruits
Captain John Heth
Notable locations
Philadelphia
rendezvous
intendent office
Notable items
clothing
weapons
equipment
infantry clothing
shoes
blankets
swords
belts
epaulets
hats
cockades
eagles
stocks
clasps
private's coats
vests
shirts
woolen overalls
socks
shoes

