Cannon Shipped on the 16th
Document 1794[Difficult handwriting] The vessel sailed on the 16th with the cannon and with orders to call on Col. Yeats for the truck wheels and proceed on to Norfolk and deliver them to Major Bedinger.
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[undecipherable] Samuel Hogson
Campbell[?]
Philadelphia
[Archival stamp: Received from State Dep't. Nov. [undecipherable], 1894. B.P.O. [undecipherable]]
[Notation: 108(?)]
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[Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24, 1894. R.P.O. 401310.]
Col Samuel Hogson Elk Landing June 23 1794
Sir
on the 16. inst I got the Comma[nd]
Shift, you adres'd (say 9. 3&1 12 pounders)
& the [undecipherable] said that evening with
orders to Call on Col [undecipherable] for the
Truck wheels, & proceed with the
hole to Norfolk & deliver them to
Major B.Dinger, which I hope
will arrive Safe, — their is one long
12 pounder yet on the ground no[t] here
the other laid, you will please me
for pot having them sooner theft
as the badness of the roads prevented
& for not giving you [undecipherable] there
been [undecipherable] received, got them on
Board in took yesterday
As your friend [undecipherable]
Alexandria, I could
not accommodate with in your old [undecipherable]
[strikethrough: voyage,] which I wish
sorry for
Sam Hewit[undecipherable] S.H.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
[Difficult handwriting] The vessel sailed on the 16th with the cannon and with orders to call on Col. Yeats for the truck wheels and proceed on to Norfolk and deliver them to Major Bedinger.
Date
06/23/1794
Author
Recipient
Document number
1794062380101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Sam Hewitt
Notable locations
Elk Landing
Coon Lick
Notable items
twelve-pounder

