Payment of men employed repairing damaged arms
Document 1784Samuel Hodgdon sends to the Superintendant of Finance a cover letter explaining estimates for final payment of men employed repairing damaged arms.
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Philada May 12. 1784
Sir
Finding it impossible to obtain money for the payment of the men employed repairing the damaged Arms, I shall dismiss them on Saturday evening, previous to which I should be very happy to be enabled to pay them what may be due them at that period. The two estimates before you and a Small one for what has Since been done will answer my purpose, the men depending on the labour of the day for Support through it, are really distres or I should not again so soon trouble you on the Subject —
SH
Supt Finance
Type
Printed or published letter
Description
Samuel Hodgdon sends to the Superintendant of Finance a cover letter explaining estimates for final payment of men employed repairing damaged arms.
Date
05/12/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1784051228101
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Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Robert Morris
Superintendant of Finance
gunsmiths
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
arms