Army requisition order for purchase of cloth and clothing for Capt. William Sizer, D.S. : Middletown, [Connecticut], June 10th 1780

Army requisition order for purchase of cloth and clothing for Capt. William Sizer, D.S. : Middletown, [Connecticut], June 10th 1780

Middletown, [Conn.] 1780

[1] p. ; 16 x 20 cm.

MSS L2006F53

Continental Army requisition recording the purchase of cloth and clothing for Captain William Sizer of Col. Jeduthan Baldwin's Regiment of Artificers. The order lists cloth, uniforms, and other clothing obtained through Commissary Officer Elijah Hubbard, documenting the Continental Army's system for supplying officers during the Revolutionary War.

Records Captain William Sizer's payment of thirty-eight pounds, sixteen shillings to Commissary Officer Elijah Hubbard for cloth and clothing, including plain cloth, a uniform coat, woolen vest, two pairs of woolen breeches, three pairs of worsted hose, and four pairs of shoes.
Verso endorsed: "Rec'd Capt. William Sizer Reg't Artificer 10th June 1780."
William Sizer (1746–1826) served as an officer in Col. Jeduthan Baldwin's Regiment of Artificers. The requisition documents the purchase of clothing and uniform items through the Continental Army commissary system during the 1780 campaign.

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