Request for Issue of Clothing & Equipment for Charleston Troops

Item

Type

Document Signed

Title

Request for Issue of Clothing & Equipment for Charleston Troops

Description

Directs issue of clothing & equipment for a company of artillerists & engineers at Charleston, SC.

year created

1800

month created

01

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.

notable person/group

John Harris
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
John Wilkins Jr
Quartermaster General
Captain Kalteisen
Artillerists and Engineers

notable location

War Department
Charleston, South Carolina

notable item/thing

transportation
hats
coats
vests
shirts
pairs of shoes
woolen overalls
linen overalls
socks
stocks and clasps
blankets
canteens
epaulets
musicians coats

document number

1800010100001

page start

1

number of pages

2

transcription

War Office
January 31, 1800
Cloathes to be fwd to Charleston, SC for the use of Capt. Watterson's Comp.
Orders for 1800
War Department 1 January 1800
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to John Wilkins Junior Esquire Quarter Master General for transportation to Charleston South Carolina the following articles for the use of Captain Kalteisens Company of artillerists & Engineers



Sixteen Hats
Seventy three Socks


Eleven boots
Fourteen Stocks and Clasps


Thirteen Vests
Sixteen Blankets


Twenty two Shirts
Sixty six Canteens


Twenty seven pairs of Shoes
Fifteen Epaulets


One pair Serg Woollen Overalls
Two musicians boots


Forty mens pair ater. W. Overalls blue


Twenty pair Linen Overalls

James WHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
M. John Harris

Item sets

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (5 pages) XBP04 (5 pages) Collection: Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890. (RG92) [unknown]
[view document] (2 pages) XBP04a (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]