Procurement of Cloth
Document 1785Benjamin Lincoln sends to Samuel Hodgdon a letter requesting the procurement of cloth. Requested method of reimbursing Hodgdon for the cost of supplies.
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Boston March 28 1785
Dear Sir
The baitting cloths I now have are not fine enough — Please find to me by the very first oppy two baitting cloths 5/6 yards each about one yard and I wish, get the left [undecipherable] fine as that & one of the [undecipherable: common] cloths & may be me time be left for to keep the value of a cloth every where I am without the one Quill not fine grounds ground to take them in his fiddle baggy should there be an oppy by water — I wish you would point out and order how I can most reimburse you for them & for the expence of delivery —
I am Dr Sir your obedient humble Servant
[To Mr. Shattuck Hodgson
Morris 28. 1785]
Mr Hodgdon B Berreda
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Benjamin Lincoln sends to Samuel Hodgdon a letter requesting the procurement of cloth. Requested method of reimbursing Hodgdon for the cost of supplies.
Date
03/28/1785
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Boston
Collection
Document number
1785032880001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Benjamin Lincoln
Notable locations
Boston
post
Notable items
cloth
water
saddle bags
reimbursement
bolting cloths
print
superfine cloth
common cloth

