Maxwell, Hugh, 1733-1799 to Michael Jackson

GLC02437.02820

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GLC#
GLC02437.02820-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
8 December 1783
Author/Creator
Maxwell, Hugh, 1733-1799
Title
to Michael Jackson
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 18.6 cm, Width: 15.4 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Reports to Brigadier General Michael Jackson concerning the state of clothing in the regiment. He finds the clothing "in a most distressing situation." A large number of the men are without items of clothing, such as shoes, stockings, etc. Writes that "many [of the men are] without shirts, their Coats Vest, and Breechis [sic] worn to rags; and the whole presents a Scene of distress which at this Season of the year fills my mind with such anxiety as I cannot discribe [sic]."

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