1831 Letter From Commissary General Callendar Irvine

1831 Letter From Commissary General Callendar Irvine, Commissary Generals office, Philad’s. Jan. 25th 1831, in regards to Callender not sending bands and tassels for the leather caps,…”you will bear this in mind when you examine the caps at Fort Columbus.”  Addressed to Mr. David Stivers, New York.  Nice bold autograph.

After his father’s death in 1804 (William Irvine, brig gen, in the Rev War), Callendar took the position as Superintendent of Military Stores at Philadelphia, and during the War of 1812, was appointed Commissary General of the USA. until his death in 1841.