Clothing request for troops in Portland

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Clothing request for troops in Portland

Description

Commanding from Portland, Maine, Captain Stoddard asks what channel he must go through to submit an application for clothing: Hodgdon, the War Department, or General Hamilton. States that clothing for a full company will soon be necessary.

year created

1799

month created

07

day created

18

author

sent from location

Portland

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

note

Cited in Hodgdon to Stoddard, 07/27/1799.

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
Amos Stoddard
Alexander Hamilton
Department of War
2nd Regiment Artillerists and Engineers

notable location

Philadelphia
Portland

notable item/thing

application
clothing
safe transportation

document number

1799071880301

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) YVM04 (2 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Fourth Auditor, Jan 12, 1795-Dec 31, 1897. (RG217) (M1187) chronological
[view document] (2 pages) YVM04a (2 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Fourth Auditor, Jan 12, 1795-Dec 31, 1897. (RG217) (M1187) chronological

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Amos Stoddard Portland [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]