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Document 1791Hodgdon identifies a number of objects that may or may not have been sent. If they have not been sent, he orders Knox to send them to Major Craig immediately. Included are wire for the rims of camp kettles, shovels, and handsaw files.
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[Address panel:]
William Knox
Philadelphia
[Endorsed:] June 19th 1791
[undecipherable] from [undecipherable]
Sir — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] June 1791
Pursuant to your general Instructions I have forward[ed] [undecipherable] Hanna to take the [undecipherable] on the following [undecipherable], if they were [undecipherable] you will order them [undecipherable] dispatched to Briga[dier] [undecipherable] immediately — Viz—
10 Iron [undecipherable] 44 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Muskets —
[undecipherable] Band [undecipherable] 36 [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Mill van [undecipherable] 48 [undecipherable] and ditto
10 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 3 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Grindstones 20 [undecipherable] Will[undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable]
of Camp Kettle — 10 [undecipherable] Chains for
Artillery traces — 100 [undecipherable] small [undecipherable]
about 23 in d[undecipherable] — [undecipherable] No[undecipherable] and
30 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] most of [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
were in the Estimates [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
— [undecipherable] much from the —
and then forwards the remainder without a moments loss of time — Pinkerton will furnish the whole — and I will devise means of payment — By the next Post I shall expect to hear from you and receive your return — I shall send you Bragg — Nixon — and Pinkerton also, that by comparison you may know which portion of [undecipherable] Arms have come to hand —
I have collected some [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — those as [undecipherable] prove to be — you will discharge — let me know how my account stood at the Bank —
I am /
Sir /
Your most Obedient Servant
Samuel Hodgdon
M: William Knox
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hodgdon identifies a number of objects that may or may not have been sent. If they have not been sent, he orders Knox to send them to Major Craig immediately. Included are wire for the rims of camp kettles, shovels, and handsaw files.
Date
06/14/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburg
Document number
1791061428001
Page start
1
Note
Difficult to read.
Notable persons
William Knox
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh

