Request for Prices of Clothing, Arms and Accoutrements
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
Request for Prices of Clothing, Arms and Accoutrements
Description
Lieutenant Freeman requests the prices of articles of clothing, arms and accoutrement in order to make pay stoppages of deserters. Asks for a list of prices to be sent to Freeman at West Point.
year created
1796
month created
01
day created
29
author
sent from location
War Office
recipient
in collection
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
Nathan Jones
Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
soldiers
deserters
notable location
War Office
West Point
notable item/thing
clothing
arms and accoutrements
stoppages
pay
lost
destroyed
prices
contract
list of prices
document number
1796012915001
page start
1
number of pages
2
transcription
Nathan Jones 29 January 1796 [illegible]
Samuel Hodgdon Esq.
War Office January 29 1796
Sir,
Lieutenant Freeman Paymaster of [?} Corps of Artillerists and Engineers stationed at West Point has requested the prices of the several articles of clothing arms and accoutrements delivered to the Soldiers in order that he may make stoppages from the pay of several deserters and others who have lost or destroyed any of them__the Prices of yClothing I can furnish I from the Contract_but I can find no papers in the Office to enable me to fix the prices of yc different articles of which the Arms and Accoutrements consist.
I will thank you if you would direct a list of the prices to be made out and sent to me as early as may be as the post will tomorrow set out for West Point.
With great respect I am Your obed. Servt.
N. Jones
Samuel Hodgdon Esq
Samuel Hodgdon Esq.
War Office January 29 1796
Sir,
Lieutenant Freeman Paymaster of [?} Corps of Artillerists and Engineers stationed at West Point has requested the prices of the several articles of clothing arms and accoutrements delivered to the Soldiers in order that he may make stoppages from the pay of several deserters and others who have lost or destroyed any of them__the Prices of yClothing I can furnish I from the Contract_but I can find no papers in the Office to enable me to fix the prices of yc different articles of which the Arms and Accoutrements consist.
I will thank you if you would direct a list of the prices to be made out and sent to me as early as may be as the post will tomorrow set out for West Point.
With great respect I am Your obed. Servt.
N. Jones
Samuel Hodgdon Esq
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | ZOH14 (2 pages) | Collection: Registers of Warrants Drawn by the Secretary of War on the Treasurer, Oct 2, 1795-Dec 31, 1821. (RG217) | [unknown] |
| [view document] (2 pages) | ZOH14a (2 pages) | Collection: Registers of Warrants Drawn by the Secretary of War on the Treasurer, Oct 2, 1795-Dec 31, 1821. (RG217) | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Nathan Jones | War Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Hodgdon | [unknown] | [n/a] |