Most Economical Route from Mud Island to West Point
Document 1796Jones asks Hodgdon for his recommendation as to the most economical route from Mud Island to West Point.
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War Office. May 17. 1796
Sir,
The Secretary of War is about sending off a detachment of Recruits from Mud Island to West point, and wishing to chuse the most economical route requests you would please to favor him with your opinion of the difference of expence between sending all the way by Land — or from hence to Trenton by Water thence to Brunswick by land — and from thence to West Point by water —
I am Sir
Your obed. Servant
[undecipherable: signature]
[May 17 War Office]
[Samuel Hodgdon]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Jones asks Hodgdon for his recommendation as to the most economical route from Mud Island to West Point.
Date
05/17/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1796051715001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Nathan Jones
Secretary of War [McHenry]
detachment of recruits
Notable locations
War Department
Mud Island
West Point
Trenton
Brunswick
West Point
Notable items
by land
by water