Request for Issue of Clothing & Equipment To New Haven

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Intendants Office Dec 29. 1800 Cloaths for Cap Stoddart at New Haven Connecticut Intendants of Stores Office Philadelphia 29th, Dec 1800 Sam Be pleased to deliver to the order of the quarter master General transportation to the address of Captain Amos Stoddart, at New Haven in Connecticut, the following Artillery Clothing Viz’,, [Swirl Marking] Fifty Hats, fifty privates Coats, fifty privates Vests, one hundred privates woolen Overalls, one hundred privates Shirts, one hundred pairs of Shoes, one hundred pairs of Socks, fifty leather Stocks, fifty pairs of Stock Clasps, fifty Blankets, fifty painted Knapsacks, and fifty wooden Canteens, the same being required for the use of the Recruiting Service, in the State of Connecticut agreeably to Return filed in this office Note. The above Clothing is to be made up. Your most obt Servant Samuel Hodgdon Mr John Harris

Type

Document Signed

Description

Directs issue of artillerists' clothing & equipment to New Haven, CT. Stresses that the clothing be "made up."

Date

12/29/1800

Recipient

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1800122928001

Page start

1

Notable persons

John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
Captain Amos Stoddart
Quartermaster General

Notable locations

New Haven, Connecticut
Philadelphia
Intendant of Stores Office

Notable items

transportation
artillery clothing
hats
coats
vests
woolen overalls
shirts
shoes
socks
stocks
stock clasps
blankets
painted knapsacks
wooden canteens
recruiting service
return