Evil Shoes, Etc.
Document 1791Shoes are exceedingly wanted. Those already furnished are evil in the extreme. In your last invoice you identified 190 bayonets but only ninety have been found. The one thousand needles that did come forward were omitted altogether. Be careful!
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Sir — Pittsburgh 4th Aug 1791
This days Post handed me y[our] Letter to the 20 ultimo — Was happy to find a few men was coming forward, it is an addition that Did not [undecipherable] on — The shoes are exceedingly wanted — those furnished me [undecipherable] in the extreme — In your last invoice of [undecipherable] old, One hundred and Ninety [undecipherable] in a [undecipherable] — only ninety were found in the [strikethrough: the] — the the [undecipherable] hundreds besides that did come forwards were Omitted — to — then — Meanful —
[undecipherable] receipt you have enclosed [undecipherable] it says it is not right — he believes he received only seven hats, but not as many [undecipherable] [undecipherable] promises to furnish me with a Copy for his [undecipherable] — You must get the Bills yet [undecipherable] [undecipherable] master, I cannot do without [undecipherable] thousands I am informed may be had at the price [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] — and very reasonable —
I wish it was Determined whether the mon-ney Forward or not — if he does not, you must [undecipherable] the best with the more tho' circumstances — [undecipherable] — You may pay M'Noyes Eight Dollars [undecipherable] month with [undecipherable] on [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] henceforth as most
as usual and therefore is [undecipherable] worthy of notice — [undecipherable] have mentioned him with regret several times — he is gone [undecipherable] the [undecipherable], but has [undecipherable] forever, all actions —
I Should be glad to have the return — of all the [undecipherable] is doing wrong, but must wait until you can make it out —
M'Glassin this returns his thanks for your attention to his concerns —
Have an [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] if [undecipherable] your remarks, and will reward your [undecipherable]
I am Sir
Your [undecipherable] Obidient Servant
[signature]
[Letter from [undecipherable]
Pittsburgh Aug 4 1791]
M' William Knox —
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Shoes are exceedingly wanted. Those already furnished are evil in the extreme. In your last invoice you identified 190 bayonets but only ninety have been found. The one thousand needles that did come forward were omitted altogether. Be careful!
Date
08/04/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Document number
1791080428001
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Knox
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
Pittsburgh

