A Gentle & Easygoing Horse
Document 1795Stagg appreciates the temporary use of one of the public horses. He asks Hodgdon to notify the keeper of the stables that he prefers to ride a gentle and easygoing horse.
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[Note from Major [undecipherable] / 29 Octo / 1795]
[Received / from / Sta[undecipherable] / Nov [undecipherable] / R.P. [undecipherable]]
[Samuel Hodgdon Esq / No 1 C. [undecipherable]]
Wednesday - P. M —
Dear Sir
I thankfully accept your kind offer of the temporary use of one of the public horses — Will you be so good as to give me a line to [undecipherable] of the Stables? I shou'd wish to ride the most gentle and easy going horse —
Yours respectfully
[undecipherable signature]
Samuel Hodgdon Esq.
I rode two miles, [underline: on horseback,] this morning and feel the better for it —
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Stagg appreciates the temporary use of one of the public horses. He asks Hodgdon to notify the keeper of the stables that he prefers to ride a gentle and easygoing horse.
Date
10/29/1795
Author
Recipient
Document number
1795102980001
Page start
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Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Stagg