Request for Issue of Clothing, Flag & Paper for Recruiter
Document 1800Directs issue of clothing for a sergeant and a flag for the recruiting service.
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Intendant of Stores Office
Philadelphia 28 Nov.t 1800
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to Captain John Heth or order, agreeably to his Returns dated 27th instant, One hat, one cockade & eagle, one sergeants Coat, one sergeants Vest, two sergeants woolen Overalls, two sergeants Shirts, one Stock and clasp, two pairs of Socks, two pairs of Shoes, and two Epaulets, for the use of a Sergeant under his command, also one Flag suitable for the Recruiting Service, also one quire of best large Paper:
Your most obedient Servant
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr John Harris
Public Storekeeper
Philadelphia
[marginal notation: dd / 1 Flag / 1 Quire Paper]
[docket: Intendants Office / Nov. 28. 1800 / 1 Suit of Cloths, & Pap[er] / to be del Cap.t Heth — / S]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs issue of clothing for a sergeant and a flag for the recruiting service.
Date
11/28/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1800112828101
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
Captain John Heth
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Intendant of Stores Office
Notable items
returns
hat
cockade and eagle
sergeants coat
sergeants vest
sergeants woolen overalls
sergeants shirts
stock and clasp
pairs of socks
shoes
epaulets
epaulettes
flag
recruiting service
quire of best large paper

