Assignment to Monitor Drivers of Public Loads
Document 1792When finding public loads on the road, note the driver name, place seen, and contents of load. Report back to Hodgdon. Payment of $24. Apply to Major Craig for further sums if necessary.
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[undecipherable] spend any time that may be nece[ss]ary to ascertain [the] fact — And should you find any Public Loads on the Road, you will note the drivers name, the time he has been on the Road, the time & place you saw him, and the contents of his load, that you may report them to me on your Return, to enable me to proceed against such delinquent as justice may warrant.
You will make all possible dispatch & be very attentive & frugal on the Road; — the Sum of Twenty four Dollars which you received will probably be more than equal to your Expences; shou'd it become from any cause more otherwise, you will apply to Major [undecipherable] for such further Sum as may be nece[ss]ary.
You most Obedt Servant
[undecipherable] Atty Jon
Mr John Witmer
Type
Document Signed
Description
When finding public loads on the road, note the driver name, place seen, and contents of load. Report back to Hodgdon. Payment of $24. Apply to Major Craig for further sums if necessary.
Date
09/05/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1792090536001
Page start
1
Note
First page missing and date cannot be confirmed
Notable persons
John Wilmer
Samuel Hodgdon
drivers
Major Isaac Craig
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
public loads
roads
report
return
expences

