Sarah Beates
5 documents
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Request to Samuel Hodgdon from S. Beates for assistance for self & family
03/04/1796 Autograph Letter SignedBeates apologizes for troubling Hodgdon. Would have waited on him, but she is unacquainted with Hodgdon. Needs to obtain substance for self and family; does not want to take any measures without his …
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46) -
My Husband Wishes to Enter into the Service of His Country
06/24/1798 Autograph Letter SignedMrs. Beates has been told that noone has more weight with the War Department than Hodgdon. Mr. Beates will soon be visiting him so that he will see that her husband is not undeserving of Hodgdon's …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) -
Fate of the Appointment of Peter Beates
07/31/1798 Autograph Letter SignedMrs. Beates knows of Hodgdon's sensibility and his friendship with her revered parents. Most of her meager earnings support her and her impaired health. Peter is anxious to know the fate of his …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) -
Application for Public Work
07/10/1798 Autograph Letter SignedMrs. Beates states that she is anxious to do everything in her power to support her little daughters but she feels her fate relative to the Army is still undetermined. She has asked Mr. Billington for …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) -
Recommendation of Mr. Jones
06/13/1800 Autograph Letter SignedBeates recommends her brother-in-law Mr. Jones to fill a vacancy in the War Department. He is a young man from a genteel family with worthy expectations. Unfortunately he has received unkind treatment …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
