No Stores or Baggage!
Document 1792Hamill expresses his disappointment at not receiving the stores and baggage that he had written for. When he left Fort Washington Hodgdon knew perfectly well that he had no horses assigned to him for the purpose of conveying a single article. When Hodgdon assured him that if he wanted anything it would be attended to, he trusted his reliability. Now Hamill is at Fort St. Clair without stores or baggage. Who he should apply to now he does not know.
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[Col. Inspector Henr[y?] [Ion?]
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[Letter from [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [Thomas?]
Dated [undecipherable]
179[?]]
[Received
from State Dept. [undecipherable] [undecipherable]]
Port St. Clair 27th 1792
Sir,
I received yours of the 7th Inst am happy to hear from you. My disappointment in not receiving the Store and Baggage I have wrote for has not been equal to my attonishment— When I left Fort Washington you know perfectly well I had not any part of a Store appropriate to me, for the purpose of conveying a single article whatever, In consequence of which you very politely told me, to let you know when I wanted any thing that should be attended to, I relied will [undecipherable] your [undecipherable] ably— I am here without [undecipherable] Store or Baggage or what I had on when I left your post— Where the mistake you mention to me in your [undecipherable] has originated, I am unable to judge, but I can assure you it has [undecipherable] against me. The Gentleman inform me the full [undecipherable] in [undecipherable], [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] be; I do not know, if you [undecipherable] wish [undecipherable] to put you to any kind of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] take [undecipherable] cation was not made to the [undecipherable] person, however I suppose you would have given [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] if this not then in your favor it [undecipherable] on to [undecipherable]—
When [undecipherable] I am for your [undecipherable] I am not [undecipherable]
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hamill expresses his disappointment at not receiving the stores and baggage that he had written for. When he left Fort Washington Hodgdon knew perfectly well that he had no horses assigned to him for the purpose of conveying a single article. When Hodgdon assured him that if he wanted anything it would be attended to, he trusted his reliability. Now Hamill is at Fort St. Clair without stores or baggage. Who he should apply to now he does not know.
Date
04/27/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort St. Clair
Document number
1792042780201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
J. Hamill
General
Notable locations
Fort Washington
Fort St. Clair
Notable items
stores
baggage
horse
conveyance
application

