Account of Clothing Purchased for the Officers, [August 1781]
Account of Cloathing Purchased for the Officers of
Colo Hamiltons Battalion at the first Sterling price1
[August, 1781]
| 2 pieces linnen | No 150—40 yds | 1/7 | |||
| 2 Do | 145—50 | 1/2¾ | |||
| 1 piece Bandannoes | 1/2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 12 Yards Mode | 3/6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 8 Yards Satten | 4/2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | |
| 7 Yards Callico | 2/3 | 0 | 15 | 9 | |
| 8 pieces of Nankeen | 7/3 | 2 | 18 | 0 | |
| 17½ yards of Russia sheeting | ¼ | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 piece of linnen | No. 4—26 yards | 1/6 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| 1 Do | 2–22 | 1/5 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| 1 Do | 4—22 | 1/6 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Remnent 12 yards | 12 | 1/9½ | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Do 15 | 8 | 2/ | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 2 pieces of Jean | 60½ yards | 2/3 | 6 | 16 | 1½ |
| 6 pair shoe Brushes | 1/4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 16 sticks black ball | /7 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 4½ yards super fine white Broad cloath | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 10 yards Buff Cassamer | 7/6 | 3 | 15 | 0 | |
| 8½ Do Do | 7/6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 6 Yards drab white | 5/3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |
| 9½ yards white velvet | 3/6 | 1 | 13 | 3 | |
| 3 pair white silk raw hoes | 7/ | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 pair white spun | 7/6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 Do Coulard | 8/6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 3 Do Do | 12/ | 1 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2 Do pr White | 11/9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1 Dozen White thread | 47/ | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1 Dozen fine Cotton hoes | 60/ | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 pair brown Cotton Do | 4/9 | 14 | 3 | ||
| 3 pair leather gloves | 3/9 | 11 | 3 | ||
| 3 pair Do | 2/3 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 12 fine Cambrick handkerchs | 3/4½ | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 linnen Ditto | 3/ | 15 | 0 | ||
| 10 Ditto Do | 2/3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 yards ⅛ super fine scarlet Cloath | 20/ | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 6 Dozen white Coat Buttons | 1/5 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 Do Gilt Do | 1/6 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1 piece linnen | No. 6—25 yards | 1/7 | 1 | 19 | 7 |
| 1 Ditto Do | 5—24 | 1/5 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| 1 Do Do | 6—25 | 1/6 | 1 | 17 | 6 |
| 13 Yards ¾ white Cordory | 4/ | 2 | 15 | 0 | |
| 7 Bandannoes | 4/1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| 12 Bassalana Hankerchiefs | 3/4½ | 2 | 6½ | ||
| 7 Bandannoes | 4/6 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |
| 15 yards White shalloon | 23/ | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 7½ Yards½ ell dyed Janet | 2/9 | 1 | 7½ | ||
| 1 piece fine Linnen | N–24 yds | 2/ | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 1¼ yard Cassimer | 7/9 | 9 | 8½ | ||
| 11 Yards Cotton Denim | 3/5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | |
| 19½ yards Cordaroy | 2/8 | 2 | 11 | 4 | |
| 11¾ yards Scarlet Cassamer | 8/3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | |
| 3 yards of Mersilus Quilting | 5/6 | 16 | 6 | ||
| 10 Yards Mode 8 Ells | 4/6 | 1 | 16 | ||
| 7½ Do | Do | 2/6 | 18 | ||
| Capt. Clifts Acct2 | |||||
| 7 pr shoes | 4/7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 6 yards of Taffity | 2/8 | 16 | |||
| 10 yards of Amezeen | 7/3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |
| 1 piece of Chints | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2 stiks Mohair | /3 | 6 | |||
| 2 Silk Hankerchiefs | 4/ | 7 | 9 | 7 | |
| 1½ yards scarlet Cloath | 19/6 | 1 | 9 | 3 | |
| 1 Hatt | 10/ | 10 | |||
| 1 Set of Buckles | 12/ | 12 | 6 | ||
| 7 yards of Black serge Denim | 5/1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| 10½ yards of Ribband | /8 | 7 | |||
| 17 yards black lace | /8 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
| 3 Silver Hat bands | 2/6 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 4 Sticks twist | 6/4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 35 Skeins of Silk | 7/4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 3 pair of Gilt sleeve buttons | /6 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 3 pair Cotton Hoes | 4/7 | 13 | 7 | ||
| 15 Yards white flannel | 1/6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 pair Gilt shoe buckles | 12/ | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| 3 pound of thread | 2/ | 6 | |||
| 1 Do | No. 19 | 15/ | 15 | ||
| 3 pair of brawn thread hoes | 2/5 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 2 pair of white Do. | 4/9 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 5 pair brawn Cotten Hoes | 4/2 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 6 pair of Cotton Do. | 2/3 | 13 | 6 | ||
| 5 Hats | 19/ | ||||
| 5½ yards shalloon | 2¾3 |
D, RG 53, Vol. 158, War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, National Archives.
1. In MS, “Starling prise.”
On July 31, 1781, H had been given command of a battalion for the Yorktown campaign. See “General Orders,” July 31, 1781 (, II, 658).
2. Captain Lemuel Clift of Connecticut, who had been serving in the Fourth Connecticut Regiment, was transferred to the First Connecticut Regiment on January 1, 1781. In August, 1781, this regiment was assigned to H’s battalion. See “A List of officers and Mens Names who have Recd. one months pay in Colo Hamiltons Battaln,” September 7, 1781 (printed in this volume).
3. This list is endorsed: “Received the within Articles pr Garret Lansing 2nd New York Regt.”