Transporting Military Stores to Shepherdstown
Document 1795Enclosed is a return of military stores located at Frederickstown, Maryland that should be transported to Shepherdstown so that the expense of keeping them there does not exceed their value.
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War Office June 1. 1793.
Inclosed is a return of military Stores deposited at Fredericktown in Maryland, which ought immediately to be conveyed to Shepherdstown, or the expence of keeping them there will soon exceed their value. The distance between the two places is about thirty miles. — The monthly the Store is at £30. to a minum, and the pay of Mr. Brothow [undecipherable] at £15. a month which be declined as inconvenient to his trouble. You will be pleased to take the most effecte measures in this case.
I'm your obt Servt
[signature]
H. [undecipherable]
[address]: Samuel Hodgdon Esqr
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed is a return of military stores located at Frederickstown, Maryland that should be transported to Shepherdstown so that the expense of keeping them there does not exceed their value.
Date
06/01/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Collection
Document number
1795060100101
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Timothy Pickering
Mr. Brothers
Notable locations
War Office
Frederickstown, Maryland
Shepardstown
Notable items
distance between the two places
store
pay of Mr. Brothers