Bags of $1000 Each
Document 1794[Partially illegible] Hodgdon is directed to have the first $15,000 bundled into bags of $1000 each and sent as soon as possible. The balance of the estimated $106,000, with the additional $5,000 for the purchase of cavalry horses, should be prepared in specie and forwarded in July.
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In [undecipherable] how with [undecipherable]
and exchanging Bank notes [to/for] Specie for use
[pay]ment at his [undecipherable] to amount of
[undecipherable] which [undecipherable] [Co]py with the
the Bank [?] on [undecipherable] the commu[nication]
[undecipherable] from General Wayne & the Deputy [Pay]
[master?] & [finding] that a number of
[undecipherable] have been required not [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Such [houses?]
added [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the number
mentioned for the [first?] demand, in order to
[undecipherable] the [government?] [undecipherable] the Pass note[s]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] absolutely wants
that the sum of 13,000 [undecipherable]
placed in the hands of Mr Hodgdon, on
[my] requisition for the present quarter
[undecipherable] before [undecipherable] the Ohio, [it?]
be enabled to forward on to me at
Washington or [his?] quarters the balance
[undecipherable] upon [his?] own [undecipherable] with
[additional?] sum [of?] [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable] from
156 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] hundred number
[undecipherable: Alexander?]
by the Comm[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Squadron?] [undecipherable] com[undecipherable]
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[undecipherable] [James?] [Oh?]
[Capt?] [undecipherable]
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
[Partially illegible] Hodgdon is directed to have the first $15,000 bundled into bags of $1000 each and sent as soon as possible. The balance of the estimated $106,000, with the additional $5,000 for the purchase of cavalry horses, should be prepared in specie and forwarded in July.
Date
05/17/1794
Author
Recipient
Document number
1794051740002
Page start
5
Note
Enclosure: letter, James O'Hara to Henry Knox, 05/17/1794.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
James O'Hara
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Notable items
receipt

