Letter of Recommendation
Document 1784Letter of recommendation for an office in the Commissary of Military Stores department, on behalf of Mr. Cranch. Cranch suffered greatly by means of the War.
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[Samuel Hodgdon Esquire
Philadelphia]
My dear Sir
Mr Granet at Springfield you know. I wish if any person is to be appointed to the care of the Stores there or at any other place & the appointment is with you that that gentleman may have the appointment he worthy of such an office and has suffered greatly by means of the wars.
Be fo kind as to get Colo [undecipherable] account through & send him the money [undecipherable] with great esteem your most humble servant
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter of recommendation for an office in the Commissary of Military Stores department, on behalf of Mr. Cranch. Cranch suffered greatly by means of the War.
Date
02/07/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Boston
Document number
1784020780101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Benjamin Lincoln
General Benjamin Lincoln
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr. Cranch
gentleman
Colonel Hatch
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Boston
Springfield
Massachusetts
Notable items
appointment
office
stores
money
war
account
War for Independence
American Revolution

