Figure 11. — Light Dragoon Helmet, ca. 1814. 



"jacking" has flaked off, bear the marks "H. Cress- 

 man" and "G^F." Henry Cressman delivered 246 

 dragoon "caps"" to the Military Storekeeper in Phila- 

 delphia during 1814 and 1815, in addition to several 

 thousand leather infantry caps." The initials "C-'F," 

 in cloverleaf form, refer to one George Flomerfelt who 

 was United States inspector of leather goods at the 

 Schuylkill Arsenal in Philadelphia from late 1813 until 

 at least April 1816."- His initials as a U.S. inspector 



would not ha\e appeared on militia helmets. The white 

 horsehair crest as opposed to the feather, cockade, and 

 eagle mentioned in regulations has never been ac- 

 counted for in any order or instruction located, but 

 internal correspondence of the Commissary General of 

 Purchases" office does make several mentions of this 

 horsehair. In July 1814 the Commissary General in- 

 structed Flomerfelt to procure 50 to 100 pounds of 

 "long white horsehair"" and in July and August of the 



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