1G7 "Proceedings of Board of Inspectors of Clothing, 

 Jan. 1842," MSS in USMA library-. Order No. 4, H.Q. 

 Corps of Cadets, 3 Apr. 1843, in ibid. 



iGs Order No. 31, H.Q. Corps of Cadets, 7 July 1842, in 

 ibid. The order not only forbade the removal of the 

 stiffening but also ordered the cadets to replace it or pur- 

 chase a new cap. 



le^G.O. 18, H.Q. of the Army, 4 June 1846, RG 94, 

 NA. 



i'»Unifoi-m Board Report, 27 Apr. 1844. A.G. Doc. 

 File B 136, 1844, Box 150, RG 94, NA. 



^"1 Jesup to Capt. J. B. Scott, 4th Arty., 13 Apr. 1844, 

 Cloth. Bk., LS, RG 92, NA. 



"^ There are also several period photographs of offi- 

 cers wearing this cap. 



'" The sewing machine is generally considered to have 

 come into commercial use in 1850. But as late as 1861 all 

 work at the Schuylkill Arsenal or under its supervision 

 was done by hand, with the exception of cloth portions 

 of caps which were machine stitched. See Capt. Roger 

 Jones, Asst. QM to Quartermaster General M. C. Meigs, 

 28 June 1861, CCF (Schuylkill Arsenal), RG 92, NA. 



"* Irvine to Whiting, 7 Dec. 1839; Irvine to David 

 Brown, Phila., 11 May 1841; Ir\ine to Francis Skinner, 

 Boston, 11 May 1841— all CG of P, LS, RG 92, NA; 

 Contract No. 31, 25 Feb. 1842, with Paul Thurlo, House 

 Doc. 68, 27th Cong., 3rd Sess. (Serial 420) . 



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