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OCTOBER 18, 1776 SHIPMENT FROM PHILADELPHIA |
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On October 18, 1776, Mease and Caldwell, Commissaries for the Continental Army, sent a shipment of uniform items from Philadelphia to North Carolina.� The following is the invoice for said items: |
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Philadelphia |
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October 18, 1776 |
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Invoice of sundry packages of clothing sent by order of the Honorable Delegates from� North Carolina to the Committee of Safety of North Carolina at Halifax for use of the�Army there. |
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Per Peter Nye's wagon |
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No.1��������������������� A case containing 320 Privates coats mixt cloth faced with red. |
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No. 2�������������������� A case containing 320 Privates Coats drab faced with blue |
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No. 4�������������������� A case containing 264 Privates coats brown faced with white |
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��������������������������� � 32 Sergeant?s coats brown faced with white |
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��������������������������� � 16 Drums and Fifes white faced with brown |
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Per Michael Truby's wagon |
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No. 3���� ���� A case containing 240 Privates coats drab cloth faced with blue |
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�������������������������� � 32 Sergeants coats drab faced with blue |
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�������������������������� � 16 Drums and Fifes blue faced with drab |
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No. 5����� ��� A case containing 312 Privates coats brown faced with white |
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No. 11���� �� A case containing 240 pairs of drilling breeches |
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Per James Cartwright's wagon |
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No. 6�������� A case containing 280 Privates coats drab cloth faced with red |
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No. 8���� ���� A case containing 296 Privates coats brown with red |
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No. 10����� � A case containing 288 pairs of drilling breeches |
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Per Anthony Hinkle's wagon |
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No. 7�������� A case containing 131 Privates coats drab cloth faced with red |
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��������������������������� 154 Privates coats brown faced with red |
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No. 9�������� A case containing 240 Privates coats mixt faced with red |
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������������������������ � 21 Sergeants coats brown faced with red |
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���������������������� ��� 5 Privates coats brown faced with red |
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No. 12������ A case containing 500 Oznaburgh shirts. |
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Source:� Saunders, William L.,� The Colonial Records of North Carolina, Volume X, pgs. 851-852. |
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