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May 17 11 4:49 PM

I suspect the 450 uniforms issued from January-September 1777 may have been some of the "Lottery Coats" donated by the French from their old stores. Iirc, the Lottery Coats were Blue faced with Red and Brown faced with Red. It sounds as though the 1st PA drew the Blue coats.

It also makes sense that in 1777 the purpose-built blue faced with white coats would have the custom buttons, while the blue faced with red would not have been made specifically for the Pennsylvania troops and may have already had generic buttons.

I don't have time to look this up right now, but I'll pin it down later if I have a spare moment.

Then let us fill a bumper, and drink a health to those
Who carry caps and pouches, and wear the loup'ed clothes.