Enclosed Letter from Capt. Turner Relative to My Land, Etc.
Document 1796Sargent is missing a trunk and asks for Hodgdon's help to find it. He encloses a letter from Captain Turner relating to land purchased.
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[Letter from Winthrop Sargent — wrapper notations: Rec'd [undecipherable] / Oct 1796 / Letter from [undecipherable] Sargent]
[undecipherable] here at [undecipherable] this 13. May.
and note a line from you — I presume as uneasy you
are much engaged on my haste wrote to Mr Had[undecipherable]
and for yourself —
as I find not nor do I have of the Thunder in this
Question wish you to advise [undecipherable] in, and if you are to
cause Inquiries to Col[undecipherable] John [undecipherable] might thoroughly
upon its Absence —
Enclose you a Letter from Capt Turner relative
to my land [undecipherable] he has because I have not
time to be explicit thereupon and because there
is something necessary to be done — I wish
you to do the necessary with[undecipherable] delay, and
be good enough [undecipherable] me [undecipherable] should put
to Attachment at the same Time — on this [undecipherable]
our money enough be Transmitted through [undecipherable] me
[undecipherable] you [undecipherable] Security in your
hands — Interest [undecipherable] upon my Money since
some [undecipherable] enough to Discharge their
obligations
adieu
W Sargent
[Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24, 1804. R.P.O. 401310.]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Sargent is missing a trunk and asks for Hodgdon's help to find it. He encloses a letter from Captain Turner relating to land purchased.
Date
05/19/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburg
Document number
1796051980201
Page start
1
Note
Photocopy mostly illegible; photograph readable.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Winthrop Sargent
Mrs. Hodgdon
Little John
Captain Turner
Shattuck
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Notable items
food
trunk
land purchase
business

