Instructing Officers in the Taking of Distances & Altitudes, Etc.
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Instructing Officers in the Taking of Distances & Altitudes, Etc.
Description
Wilkinson tells Hodgdon not to bother purchasing glasses if he has not already done so. He needs surveying equipment to teach the officers how to measure distances. Discusses other purchases and accounting matters. Wilkinson has lost his copy of the British regulations for their infantry.
year created
1800
month created
12
day created
26
author
sent from location
Pittsburgh
recipient
in collection
note
Partly illegible, document torn.
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
James Wilkinson
officers
Secretary of War
British
infantry
notable location
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
glasses
circumferter
chain
theodolite
taking of distances
belts
elk skin
caribou skin
books
pay
British regulations
discipline
exercise
arms
cotton
document number
1800122680001
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | ZRL09 (4 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B: 12 |
| [view document] (4 pages) | ZRL09a (4 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B: 12 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James Wilkinson | Pittsburgh | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Hodgdon | [unknown] | [n/a] |