Request to rent land
Document 1785Frederick Foose sends to Samuel Hodgdon a letter requesting to rent land.
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French Creek March the 17th AD 1785
Sir
I take this Opportunity to inform you that
All is well with the Magazine. and further I
Do purpose to you that I am willing to attend
the Magazine a year for you will Rent the Land
So me thereto belonging which is 60 Dollars per
year Rent: and if you are Pleased with the
[undecipherable: Purpos'd?] Terms you will write me with the
first Opportunity and when the [undecipherable: Present?] Lease
is Expired from that Date will I [undecipherable]
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[undecipherable] ready you [undecipherable] that is
[undecipherable] of [undecipherable] the letter that was
not [undecipherable] there therewith was for his [undecipherable]
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[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable: Stores?]
Type
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Description
Frederick Foose sends to Samuel Hodgdon a letter requesting to rent land.
Date
03/17/1785
Author
Recipient
Sent from
French Creek
Document number
1785031780001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Frederick Foose
commissary of military stores
Notable locations
French Creek
Magazine
Maryland
Notable items
rent
land
dollars
military stores