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Pressing Matters Related to Articles of Clothing
Hodgdon discusses matters related to clothing, especially that associated with Thomas Billington.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Preservation of the Health of Persons Working in the Public Stores
Hodgdon lists the articles needed to protect the health of the people working in the public stores during the summer months.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Preparations for Work on the Canal
Hodgdon discusses the preparations being made for the digging of the proposed canal.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Preparations for the Work on the Canal
Hodgdon informs Mackey of the preparations being made for work on the new canal.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Preparation for War
Hodgdon observes that every possible preparation is being made for the war that seems inevitable and the people appear ready to meet the challenge.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Powder Purchased by Mr. De Saussure
Hodgdon acknowledges receipt of Steele's letter regarding the powder purchased by Mr. De Saussure in Charleston.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Powder Is an Essential Article
Francis is asked to return seventy barrels of powder to Mr. Harris so that the amount will appear on Hodgdon's return.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Powder at the Magazine on the Schuylkill
Hodgdon describes the limited amounts of powder available at the magazine on the Schuylkill River and notes that much more should be ordered from New York to fill the uses most applied for.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Please Send Fifty Barrels of Powder
Hodgdon asks Briant to send fifty barrels of powder and fifty stand of arms to Boston, addressed to Mr. Stephen Higginson.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Pecans for the President
Hodgdon informs President Adams that he is sending him some pecans, a highly estimated nut that grows in the Mississippi Territory.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Payment to George Claghorn
Certification of payment to George Claghorn, constructor of the frigate USS Constitution. The sum is $500, salary from 1 January to 31 March 1798. Transmitted to Jonathan Jackson, supervisor Boston.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)Payment of the Missing Notes
Hodgdon asks the Directors to provide the specific reasons why they refuse to make payments for the missing post notes.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Payment of Elias Langham's Draft
Enclosed is a post note in payment of Elias Langham's draft on Hodgdon in Taylor's favor.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Payment Must be Made Through Your Employer
Hodgdon notfies Cald\well that payments to him must be made by his employer who in turn must make his requisitions through the Treasury.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Paying Mr. Haywood for the Express Hire
Carrington's account is in hand relative to the money paid, at the request of John Steele, to Mr. Haywood for the express hire.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Paying More Drafts on the Quartermaster's Department
Letter, discusses drafts on the Quarter Master General; asks for money to pay drafts.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Paying for the Sloop
Hodgdon is puzzled as to how to resolve the question of how to pay for the sloop purchased by Mr. DeButts who seeks an advance from the United States.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Pay of the Shipwrights, Etc.
Among other topics, Hodgdon discusses the pay of shipwrights all of whom should receive the same pay per month.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Pay of Ship Carpenters, Etc.
Letter, alludes to compensation of ship carpenters; discusses public stores and other matters.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Pay of Private Strokes
Certification that twenty dollars is due Pvt. Anthony Strokes of Captain Prior's Company, and waiter to Caleb Swan, Paymaster General, being his pay through December 1797.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)Pay of Captain Morris and His Detachment
The pay of Captain Staats Morris and the officers and men of the detachment under his command.
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Pay of Captain Kalteisen's Detachment
Certification that $548.63 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers stationed at Fort Johnson South Carolina under Captain Michael Kalteisen being the pay of himself, Captain …
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)Pay for the Second Quarter of 1798
Hodgdon describes the urgency with which the gentlemen who receive salaries along with his own view the necessity of obtaining their pay for the quarter ending June 30, 1798,
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Pay & Allowances for Canal Laborers
Hodgdon discusses the pay and allowances for the sundry laborers who will work on the new canal.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.Pattern Sword to Hartford, Etc.
Hodgdon compliments Smith for the promptness with which he has executived certaincommissions and urges that a pattern sword be sent to Hartford for the use of contractors Greenleaf & Briel.
Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99.
