Clothing Delivery
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
Clothing Delivery
Description
Transport of military clothes to delivery point along route to Pittsburgh; mentions recruiting service. Deliver to Col Mentges.
short description
Ltr, dir transport of military clothes.
year created
1794
month created
10
day created
22
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
Henry Knox
Colonel Francis Mentges
Secretary of War
recruiting service
notable location
War Department
Carlisle
Pittsburg
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
recruiting rendezvous
notable item/thing
delivery
military clothing
clothing
infantry clothing
artillery clothing
linen overalls
road
transportation
notable phrase
clothing is ready for transportation
clothing put up in four separate packages
address of the whole
request that you will immediately have packed up one hundred suits on infantry clothing and one hundred suits of artillery clothing
linen overalls
transported to Carlisle or some other place of recruiting rendezvous on the road to Pittsburg
document number
1794102200001
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | AIE01 (1 pages) | Collection: Gilder Lehrman Collection. | GLC01613.04 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Hodgdon | [unknown] | [n/a] |