Store Available for rent at Lamberton
Document 1794Hunt has applied to Moore Furman about the store he has available at Lamberton. He replied with the enclosed letter in which the size of the store [24' x 32'] is stated. The rent should be reasonable so Hunt wants to know if Hodgdon is interested.
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[Mar 26] [(19)]
[Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24 [undecipherable] B.P.O.401310.]
Abraham Hunt Esqr
Trenton
Dear Sir, Trenton March 26, 1794
[Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24 [undecipherable] B.P.O.401310.]
I have considered respecting the Store you spoke of for publick use at Lamberton and belive I can spare it. The dimentions of it are 24 by 32 feet the two first stories on the wharf below the bank are of stone, with one story above the bank of wood and a good loft over the whole, and is very convenient for receiving and delivering goods from and to a Vessel without any expence of Porterage.
Majr [undecipherable] Hunt that lives next door to this Store, if wanted, belive may be Engag'd to take charge of it, and of receiving and delivering agreeable to order, whose integety and attention there can be no doubt of,
Y.rs &c
J. W. Surman?
P.S.
Please to let me know as soon as convenient if the Store will be wanted.
[A. Hunt Esqr]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hunt has applied to Moore Furman about the store he has available at Lamberton. He replied with the enclosed letter in which the size of the store [24' x 32'] is stated. The rent should be reasonable so Hunt wants to know if Hodgdon is interested.
Date
03/26/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Trenton
Document number
1794032680001
Page start
4
Note
Enclosed: Letter from Furman to Hunt, 03/26/1794.
Enclosed in Hunt to Hodgdon, 03/29/1794.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Abraham Hunt
Moore Furman
Notable locations
Lamberton
Philadelphia
Trenton
New Jersey
Notable items
store
rent
wharf
dimensions
bank of wood
loft
receiving goods
delivering goods
vessel

