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Collection Reference Number GLC02621
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1792 
Title Orders for supplies from Henry Knox to Samuel Hodgdon
Date 16 August 1792
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Hodgdon, Samuel  
Document Type Military document
Content Description Knox, Secretary of War, instructs Quartermaster General Hodgdon to send food, including chocolate, port wine, sherry, and coffee, to the hospital department in Pittsburgh.
Subjects Revolutionary War General  Military History  Military Provisions  Hospital  Diet and Nutrition  Alcohol  Health and Medical  
People Hodgdon, Samuel (1745-1824)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Government & Politics; Health & Medicine
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859