Jacket for Colonel Sargent
Document 1794An express arrived with a jacket for Col. Sargent who had already left. Since the express horse is lame it will not be able to overtake him on his way to Pittsburgh.
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[Endorsement, written diagonally in upper right:] [undecipherable]
To Samuel
Hodgdon
[undecipherable]
June 10th 1794
an expres arrived at this place
with a packet for [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
who left this place this
morning,
I [undecipherable: thought it?] proper
to take the packets and to
order the boy back; as a
gentleman Sets out tomorrow
for [undecipherable] and the express[']
horse is [undecipherable: lame?] and of course could
not overtake him
I am Sir with Respect
your [undecipherable: obedient?] Servt
Col. Hodgdon [undecipherable: signature]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
An express arrived with a jacket for Col. Sargent who had already left. Since the express horse is lame it will not be able to overtake him on his way to Pittsburgh.
Date
06/10/1794
Author
Recipient
Document number
1794061080001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Thomas Butler
Notable locations
Philadelphia