The Fever is So Mortal in Your City, Etc.

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Date September 22, 1798
Author Name James Caldwell (primary) Location: Havre De Grace
Recipient Name Samuel Hodgdon (primary) Location: Philadelphia
Summary Caldwell has a certificate from Abraham Kirkpatrick, late Commissary General in Wayne's army, for a sum due him for services rendered as Assistant Commissary. Apparently the fever is so mortal in Philadelphia that most of the inhabitants have moved out to the country. Caldwell wants to know the best means for acquiring his money.
Document Format Autograph Letter Signed
Source Collection: National Archives and Records Administration: Post Revolutionary War Papers, RG94

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