Request for Issue of Assorted Military Supplies to Charleston, South Carolina

Item

Type

Document Signed

Title

Request for Issue of Assorted Military Supplies to Charleston, South Carolina

Description

Directs shipping to Charleston, South Carolina of uniforms, accoutrements, camp items, and office supplies.

short description

Ltr, dir send uniforms etc to SC

year created

1799

month created

07

day created

01

author

recipient

in image

note

2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one with photograph images of the same.

author note

James McHenry; Samuel Hodgdon.

recipient note

John Harris

notable person/group

John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry
William Crafts
fifth Regiment of Infantry
John Wilkins Jr
Quartermaster General
sergeants
musicians
privates

notable location

War Department
Charleston, South Carolina

notable item/thing

transportation
suits of clothing
stands of arms
cartouch boxes
bayonet belts and scabbards
flints
screw drivers
gun worms
brushes and wires
sergeants swords and belts
drums with carriages and cases
fifes with cases
marquee with poles and pins
horsemans tents
common tents
knapsacks
camp kettles
canteens with straps
mess bowls
platters or trenchers
axes
pick axes
spades
orderly books
reams of paper
papers of ink powder
quills

document number

1799070100001

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) XBR09 (2 pages) Collection: Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92) [unknown]
[view document] (2 pages) XBR09a (2 pages) Collection: Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92) [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient John Harris [unknown] [n/a]