Six Loads of Arms to Reading
Document 1794Six loads of arms have been sent on to Reading and the remainder will be sent soon.
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[Endorsed: [undecipherable] 19 Sept / [undecipherable] of Arms / forwarded to [undecipherable] Reading / forwarded [undecipherable]]
[Stamp: Received from State Dep.t P.O.401310]
[229]
Samuel Hodgdon, Esquire
Philadelphia
[Postmark: Trenton 19 Sept]
Lamberton 19. Septemr 1794.
Sir,
Yours of the 18th inst. have received & Sent on yesterday six Loads of Arms to Reading and am making every exertion to forward on the remainder which hope I shall be able to accomplish by tomorrow evening tho at this season of [the Year] discover some difficulty in procuring Waggers; the persons keeping Teams entirely for this purpose being generally engaged, and the Farmers backward in leaving their business —
With respect, I remain
Your most obedt Servt
Peter Hunt
Samuel Hodgdon Esquire
P.H.
Camp Kettls are much wanted also axes & Spads — Jno. Bloomfield wants a musket and rather than not to have it will pay the value him self —
Yr &c P. Hunt
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Six loads of arms have been sent on to Reading and the remainder will be sent soon.
Date
09/19/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Lamberton
Document number
1794091980301
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Peter Hunt
farmers
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Lamberton
Notable items
difficulty procuring wagons
teams [of horses]

