Providing Campbell with a Worthy Mount
Document 1794The bearer, Robert Campbell, has arrived with a worn down horse so Slough has given him an express horse so that he can be delivered safely to Hodgdon at Philadelphia.
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[Col. Samuel Hodgdon]
[Mr. R. Campbell
with a horse Philadelphia]
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[stamp: Received / from / [State?] Dept / [undecipherable]]
[Docket, inverted:
[undecipherable]
from [undecipherable] Nov
1794
Matthies Slough]
Sir Lancaster 17th Nov. 1794
The bearer Mr Robert Campbell has just come from camp with a worn down horse, In [undecipherable: probable reading: consequence] of which I let him ride one of the Express horses which I purchased on his engaging to deliver him Safe to you, I shall lend the other to morrow then I shall write more fully to you and remain in haste
Your most obedient Servant,
Matthies Slough
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
The bearer, Robert Campbell, has arrived with a worn down horse so Slough has given him an express horse so that he can be delivered safely to Hodgdon at Philadelphia.
Date
11/17/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Lancaster
Document number
1794111780101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Matthias Slough
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Lancaster

