Delivery of Uniforms for Recruiting Rendezvous

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Delivery of Uniforms for Recruiting Rendezvous

Description

Hodgdon requests that Harris send suits of infantry clothing to the recruiting rendezvous at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

year created

1797

month created

11

day created

17

sent from location

War Office

recipient

in image

notable person/group

John Harris
Samuel Hodgdon
Keeper of Military Stores
Lieutenant James Dill
John Wilkins
quartermaster general
Captain John Heth

notable location

Mud Island
Intendant of Stores Office
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

notable item/thing

suits of infantry clothing
recruiting rendezvous

document number

1797111700000

transcription

Intendants Office
Nov. 11 1800
20 Suits of Inft Cloaths
to be four to Lieut
James Dill at Harrisburgh
Pennsylvania
Intendant of Stores Office
Philadelphia 11th, Nov, 1800
Sir,
Be pleased to deliver to John Wilkins Esq. quarter master General, or order, complete suits of Infantry clothing for two Sergeants, & eighteen Privates, addressed to Lieut James Dile and to be transported to the recruiting rendevouz at Harrisburg in Pennsylvania agreeable to a requisition from Capt John Heth, dated this day.
Your most abt Servant
Samuel Hodgdon

Item sets

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) XES23 (2 pages) Collection: Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe and Irvine Papers), 1794-1842. (RG92) Chronological
[view document] (2 pages) XES23a (2 pages) Collection: Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe and Irvine Papers), 1794-1842. (RG92) Chronological

Document names

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