Military Stores Shipped to Colonel Olney
Document 1794Enclosed is Colonel Olney's account of the military stores shipped, the amount being $75. Hodgdon is asked to transmit a draft for that sum to the bank in Providence.
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Providence 12th Decr. 1794.
Sir
The enclosed is my acct. for the Expenses attending
on public time,
the freight &c. of the Millitary [undecipherable: probable reading Stores] Shipped to my
care, [undecipherable] the amount being Seventy [undecipherable] Dollars
by return of the mail,
you will please to Transmit it, by Drafte on the
Providence Bank, or [undecipherable] as may be most Convi=
nient — you will [undecipherable] I have signed a Rect. on the
acct. Laving the date a Blank which you will please
to fill when you Send the money —
I am: very respectfully
&c: your Most obd. Hbt.
Jere: Olney [undecipherable]
Samd Hodgdon Esqr.
[Docket, verso: S. Jere: Olney Esqr. / enclosing [his?] acct. for [undecipherable] / Millitary Stores Shipped / Dollars 70 [undecipherable] / Millitary Stores & / [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] or / Providence for [undecipherable] / 18. Decr. 1794.]
[stamp: RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY / NOT TO BE PUBLISHED / WITHOUT PERMISSION]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed is Colonel Olney's account of the military stores shipped, the amount being $75. Hodgdon is asked to transmit a draft for that sum to the bank in Providence.
Date
12/12/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Providence
Repository
Document number
1794121255001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Jeremiah Olney
Notable locations
Providence
Providence
Notable items
public account
receipt with the date left blank