Case of shot and shells
Document 1784Requests orders from Congress regarding the case of shot and shells seized from a furnace by a "public creditor."
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Philada 3d May 1784.
Sir
I have the honour to enclose to your Excellency a letter received from Mr Whiting, the present owner of the furnace at Salisbury, in Connecticut, & Brother to Mr William Whiting, whose Account, and receipt, for the Shot and Shells mentioned to be seized and taken away by a public Creditor, are also enclosed. — The nature of this transaction, and the Magnitude of its Object, appearing to me to demand immediate attention, I have thought it my duty to transmit to your Excellency the above mentioned papers without delay, and shall now await the orders of Congress thereon.
[SH]
His Excellency
the President of Congress
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Requests orders from Congress regarding the case of shot and shells seized from a furnace by a "public creditor."
Date
05/03/1784
Author
Recipient
Repository
Document number
1784050328001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Thomas Mifflin
Samuel Hodgdon
President of Congress
Mr. Whiting
brother
Mr. William Whiting
public creditor
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Salisbury
Connecticut
Notable items
letter
furnace
account
receipt
shot and shells
transaction
duty
papers
orders of Congress