Letter about requirement for multiple receipts
Document 1790Discusses request for a receipt. Explains he gave receipt to Colonel Smith. Has asked Smith to forward receipt.
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Sir
I am informed by Doctor Hayward that you wished me to find my receipt for one hundred Dollars —
I have given one to Colonel Smith and cannot conceive of your desiring me to give two receipts for the same money to two persons
I have requested Colonel Smith to forward my receipt to you to the given for answer, that he gave one for the same money
I am Sir your
Very Humble Serd.
Springfield Jany 16. 1790 Jno Savage
[Address: The Paymaster General / Port — New York]
[Postal endorsement: [undecipherable: probable reading "Free / C.M. of Post Masters"] / Jany 16. 1790 / Phila]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Discusses request for a receipt. Explains he gave receipt to Colonel Smith. Has asked Smith to forward receipt.
Date
01/16/1790
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Springfield
Document number
1790011670001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joseph Howell
Joseph Savage
Doctor Hayward
Colonel Smith
Notable locations
New York
Springfield
Massachusetts
Notable items
receipts
money