Pattern for Belts for the Troops

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Pattern for Belts for the Troops

Description

The Commander in Chief has directred Wilkins to send the enclosed pattern for belts for the troops. If the Secretary of War approves, 3300 yards should be purchased and sent to Headquarters as soon as possible.

year created

1798

month created

07

day created

06

sent from location

Pittsburgh

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

note

Partially illegible.
Cited in Hodgdon to Wilkins, 07/13/1798.

created note

Samuel Hodgdon cites multiple letters from John Wilkins of this date, but he does not differentiate between them.

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
John Wilkins

notable location

Philadelphia
Pittsburgh

document number

1798070680201

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) ZPT10 (2 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B: 6
[view document] (2 pages) ZPT10a (2 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B: 6

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Wilkins, Jr. Pittsburgh [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]