Clothing Sent By Way of Amboy, Etc.
Document 1794Sedam is happy that the the articles he requested are due. He has sent the clothing, including four boxes and one hogshead, by way of Amboy. If there are watch coats in store, he asks Hodgdon to send six for the use of the night guards.
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[Docket notation, rotated: Letter from Collins / Salem — 23 Nov / 1794]
[Address:]
To
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Philadelphia
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
Governoes Island. November 23. 1794 —
Sir
Your Letter of the 26. Come to hand I was happy to hear that the Articles I Wrought for was Coming on. this Day I have Sent [undecipherable] the Cloathing, by the Way of Amboy it Contains Four Boxes [and] one hogsed, I find the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Should there be [undecipherable: any?] Watch Coats in Store I will be much Obliged to You to Send on Half a Dozen for the Guard at Night
I am Sir
With Due Respect
Your Humble Serva[undecipherable]
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Capt & Sub Leg[undecipherable]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Sedam is happy that the the articles he requested are due. He has sent the clothing, including four boxes and one hogshead, by way of Amboy. If there are watch coats in store, he asks Hodgdon to send six for the use of the night guards.
Date
11/23/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Governor's Island
Document number
1794112380201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Captain Cornelius Sedam
night guard
1st Sub Legion
Notable locations
Amboy
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Governor's Island
Notable items
articles
clothing
boxes
hogshead
watch coats