Bill of Exchange to Nathaniel Shaw
Document 1795Hodgdon is directed to pay Haragan's bill of exchange and a second for the same amount should go to Nathaniel Shaw by Quartermaster's order and charged to him.
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500 Dols. Fort Washington October 23d. 1795
( At fifteen days sight please to pay this my
first of Exchange, the second of the same tenor and
date not paid / to Nathaniel Shaw [undecipherable: probable reading "& Doer"], or
order, five hundred Dollars; and charge the
same without further advice to
[Credited 8th Jany. 1796] Sir
[signature] your very respectful Servt.
Favier Henryon
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr. by [undecipherable]
Philadelphia
[undecipherable text written diagonally across page:]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable]
and [undecipherable] Bank of [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] in [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] effect
[undecipherable] days [undecipherable] inform
[undecipherable] days [undecipherable] inform
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] to give
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Washington. October
23. 1795 —
January 26. 1795—
[undecipherable] 500.
[Left margin, written vertically: 1882 / J. Hodgdon / f. 500 / Jan. 23]
[undecipherable: probable reading "Answerd"]
[undecipherable] Whelen
[undecipherable] Whelen —
(S. Shaw
Whelen & Miller
[paraph]
[archival stamp: NOV 24 1951 / N.P.O. 4018]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Hodgdon is directed to pay Haragan's bill of exchange and a second for the same amount should go to Nathaniel Shaw by Quartermaster's order and charged to him.
Date
10/23/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Washington
Document number
1795102380101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Daniel Harragan, Deputy Quartermaster General
Bank of United States
Nathaniel Shaw
Wheelen & Miller
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Fort Washington
Notable items
draft
bill of exchange

