Conveyance for a Poor Fellow Found Unfit for Duty
Document 1795A fellow discharged for being unfit for duty has his residence in North Carolina. The Secretary of War will pay for his passage to that State if conveyance can be found. Are there any vessels bound there?
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Sir,
There is a poor fellow here discharged on account of being unfit for duty whose Residence is in North Carolina The Secretary of War would pay his passage to that State if any conveyance offers thither — he wishes you to inform him whether any vessel is bound there —
I am Sir
Your humble Serd
[undecipherable: W Jones?]
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr
[address leaf: War Office [undecipherable] 1795; Samuel Hodgdon Esqr; stamp: Received from State Dep[artmen]t Nov. 24 [undecipherable] P.O 40[undecipherable]310]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
A fellow discharged for being unfit for duty has his residence in North Carolina. The Secretary of War will pay for his passage to that State if conveyance can be found. Are there any vessels bound there?
Date
11/13/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1795111315001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Nathan Jones
Notable locations
War Office