Clothing & Knapsacks to Reading & Carlisle

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Clothing & Knapsacks to Reading & Carlisle

Description

Lieutenant Shoemaker has been directed to go to Reading and Lieutenant Steele to Carlisle, both in Pennsylvania. They are to begin the recruiting service at those rendezvous and Hodgdon should forward suits of infantry clothing and knapsacks to those locations.

year created

1797

month created

04

day created

04

author

sent from location

War Office

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry

notable location

War Office

document number

1797040400001

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) ZPC15 (2 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B:5
[view document] (2 pages) ZPC15a (2 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B:5

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author James McHenry War Office [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon [unknown] [n/a]