(E. de Krafft, n.d.V For illustration and description of 

 the cap plate, see Campbell and Howell, op cit., pp. 12-15. 



*^ George Flomerfelt, U.S. Inspector of Leather Goods, 

 U.S. Arsenal, 17 Mar. 1814, to unlisted addressee, CCF 

 (Flomerfelt) , RG 92, NA. This letter deals with Flomer- 

 fclt's inspection of caps produced in 1813 as compared 

 with the pattern cap of that year. See also contract with 

 \'iolct Primrose, 10 Apr. 1813, in Sec. of War to Senate, 

 28 Mar. 1814, Leoislative Records Branch, Records of the 

 U.S. Senate, RG 46, NA. 



■'■" Quoted in Hugh Charles McBarron, Jr., "American 

 Military Dress in the War of 1812 — HI Regular In- 

 fantry," Journal of the Arncrkan Military Institute, 

 (Fall 1940) vol. 4, no. 3, p. 194. These measurements and 

 the accompanying sketch (fig. 12) were found among the 

 papers of the Commissary General of Purchases and 

 photostated by Detmar Finke, Office, Chief of Military 

 History, many years ago when the files were stored at 

 Fort Mver, V'a. They have not been located since the 

 transfer of the files to the National x\rchives. 



■■1 Sec. of War to Irvine, 23 Jan. 1813, LS. Military Af- 

 fairs vol. 6, RG 107, NA. 



^- McBarron, "American Militaiy Dress in the War of 

 1812," op. cit.; contract with \'iolet Primrose, 10 .\pr. 

 1813; contract With Samuel Dallam. 20 Mar. 1813— 

 both in Sec. of War to Senate, 28 Mar. 1814, Legislative 

 Records Branch, Records of U.S. Senate. RG 46, NA. 



^^ R. M. Barnes, A History of the Regiments and Uni- 

 forms of the British Army (London, n.d.) p. 118; Rich- 



ard J. Kokc, "The Britons ^Vho Fought on the Canadian 

 Frontier, Uniforms of the War of 1812," Xezc-York His- 

 torical Society Quaiterly (April 1961), vol. 45. no. 2, pp. 

 141-194; Alex R. Cattley. "The British Infantry Shako," 

 Journal of the Society for Ar?7iy Historical Research 

 (Winter 1936K vol. 15, no. 60, pp. 188-208. Generally 

 kno\vn as the Waterloo shako in Britain, it has also been 

 called the \V'ellington and Belgic. It was worn in some- 

 what difTerent form by Portugese troops ca. 1805 and by 

 the infantry of the King's German Legion late in the 

 Napoleonic Wars. In America it has often been termed 

 the "tombstone." 



''* Campbell and Howell, op. cit.. jjp. 16-17. 



'*•' These measurements, with minor \ariations, are in 

 line with those quoted in a contemporary letter to Ii-vine. 

 See McBarron, "American Military Dress in the War of 

 1812," op. cit., p. 194. The other specimen examined is 

 somewhat lower, being 8 inches high overall and 534 to 

 the seam. 



'•'"' Detail from watercolor "Pawnee Council" by S. 

 Seymour, Coe Coll., Yale Univ. Lib. Seymoiu' painted this 

 in 1819 while accompanying the Long Expedition. 



''' The other cap, in the collection of J. Duncan Camp- 

 bell, has "R. Redfern" on a yellow pa]3er label pasted in 

 the crown. This was Robert Redfern. of 403 High St., 

 Philadelphia, who received his first contract for this ty]3e 

 of cap in 1819. For makers of this ca]5 see appendix. 



^'^ Articles of War . . . Rei-iscd JS17. op. cit.. p. 87. 



^•^ Military Laics . . . Septernber JSKi. op. cit.. p. 131. 



