Renting the Public Buildings at Carlisle
Document 1785General Irvine agrees to rent public buildings according to the conditions proposed by the Commissioner of Military Stores with the understanding that he can purchase them at a later date if the public should not want them.
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Philadelphia March 5 179[undecipherable]
I have your letter of the 3 instant before me, containing proposals for renting me one of the public buildings at Carlisle — I agree to rent it on the terms contained in said proposals, relying on being indulged with such farther time as the public may not want it, and also with a preference of purchase if at private sale on giving equal to what any other person [strikethrough: would] will offer — or at valuation on the same principles it is rented
I am Sir
your most obt Servant
Wm Irvine
[To Col. Hodgson / Comy Mil. Stores]
[Col. Hodgson / Comy Mil. Haws / 2 Copies]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
General Irvine agrees to rent public buildings according to the conditions proposed by the Commissioner of Military Stores with the understanding that he can purchase them at a later date if the public should not want them.
Date
03/05/1785
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1785030580001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
William Irvine
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Carlisle
Notable items
proposals for renting the public buildings
terms
preference of purchase
private sale