Clothing & Arms for Ensign McLean's Recruits
Item
Type
Autograph Letter
Title
Clothing & Arms for Ensign McLean's Recruits
Description
Ensign Levi McLean at Lancaster has been very successful in recruiting and applies for a further supply of clothing. Hodgdon is directed to pack up and send to Ensign McLean twenty suits of infantry clothing and twenty stands of arms and accoutrements. If knapsacks are in store, a supply of them should also be sent.
year created
1794
month created
02
day created
22
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
note
There is no signature but the handwriting is John Stagg's.
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
Ensign Levi McLean
recruits
John Stagg
notable location
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
War Department
notable item/thing
recruiting
supply
clothing
infantry clothing
suits
stands of arms
accoutrements
knapsacks
document number
1794022280001
page start
1
number of pages
2
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | ZMQ16 (2 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B: 3 |
| [view document] (2 pages) | ZMQ16a (2 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B: 3 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | John Stagg | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Hodgdon | [unknown] | [n/a] |