Wagons for Pennsylvania troops
Document 1794Secretary Hamilton writes that Abraham Hunt has informed him that he can procure wagons as far as Reading, Pennsylvania, but not further. Therefore advices Hodgdon to immediately send on a person to engage wagons to take the troops up at Reading. Governor Richard Howell of New Jersey will send the rest of the Jersey militia.
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Secretary Hamilton writes that Abraham Hunt has informed him that he can procure wagons as far as Reading, Pennsylvania, but not further. Therefore advices Hodgdon to immediately send on a person to engage wagons to take the troops up at Reading. Governor Richard Howell of New Jersey will send the rest of the Jersey militia.
Date
09/14/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1794091400000
Note
Typescript supplied by Mr. H. L. Phillips, Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Alexander Hamilton
Abraham Hunt
militia
troops
Henry Miller
agent
Richard Parker
artillery
Richard Howell
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Reading
Pennsylvania
Trenton
New Jersey
Notable items
wagons
horses
forage
fuel
straw