APPENDIX: MAKERS OF HEADGEAR 



I HE ATTACHED ALPHABETICAL LISTING contains the 



names of the firms which were awarded contracts to 

 make headgear by the War Department during the 

 period 1808 through 1851. As of 1808, Congress re- 

 quired the Secretary of War to furnish a complete list- 

 ing of all contracts his office made with civilian firms 

 during each calendar year. This information was pub- 

 lished in House or Senate documents. No attempt has 

 been made to list the lengthy titles of each individual 

 document since they can be readily located under the 

 heading "Army Contracts"" for the appropriate year 

 in Ben. Poore's A Descriptive Catalogue of Government 

 Publications of the United States, September 5, 1774 — 

 March 4, 1881 (Senate Misc. Doc. No. 67, 48th Cong., 

 2d Sess. ) (Washington: Go\ernment Printing Office, 

 1885). 



The listing of a firm"s name here is not proof that 

 it actually produced headgear, for it is known that some 

 suppliers did not fulfill their contracts and the Army 

 had to have other firms produce the items. Probably 

 in over 90 percent of the cases, however, these names 

 do represent actual makers. It is also known that some 

 of the pur\'eyors and later assistant quartermasters did 

 not report the name of the contractor but only listed 

 the amount of money expended and the number of 

 items procured. Again, this amounts to a very minute 

 segment of the total number procured during the years 

 concerned. It should also be noted that these contracts 

 represent suppliers of headgear for enlisted men only. 

 Officers procured their clothing independently from 

 a maker of their choice. 



Aurand, Peter, Reading, Pennsylvania 



1809 — engineer hats, 25 

 Aurand, Peter and John Lotz, Reading, Pennsyhania 

 1808— infantn,' hats, 5,000 

 1810 — artillery cocked hats, 1,550 

 artillery hats, 1,600 

 engjineer hats, 20 



1812— light artillery caps, 800 



infantrv- cap.s, 12,200 



chapeaux, 500 



artillerv' hats, 500 

 Boas, John, Reading, Pennsylvania 



1812— infantn' caps, 1,000 

 Bushar, Charles 



1812— infantr\- caps, 2,000 

 Coles, Thomas 



1812— infantr>- caps, 6,800 

 Cressman, Henry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

 1814 — infantry- leather caps, 1,500 



artillery leather caps, 500 



dragoon caps, 246 

 1819— leather caps, 4,000 

 1821— leather caps, 1,000 

 1822— leather caps, 1,900 

 1825— leather caps, 800 

 1826— leather caps, 2,700 

 1827— leather caps, 1,500 

 1828— leather caps, 1,000 

 1830— leather caps, 4,000 

 1831— leather caps, 1,800 

 1833 — uniform caps, 5,000 

 1834 — unifonn caps, 225 

 1835 — uniform caps, artillery and infantry. 1,509 



uniform caps, dragoon, 118 

 1836 — uniform caps, dragoon, 715 

 1843 — uniform caps, infantry, 2,000 



uniform caps, dragoon, 400 

 Cressman, ^^'ilIiam, Philadelphia, Pennsyhania 

 1838- uniform caps, infantn,- and artillery, 1,500 



uniform caps, dragoon, 500 

 1840 — uniform caps, infantry- and artiller\-, 4,000 



uniform caps, dragoon, 400 

 1841 — uniform caps, infantry and artillery, 1,000 



uniform caps, dragoon, 300 



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