Shoes & Blankets to be Forwarded to Pittsburgh, Etc.
Document 1796As ordered by the Secretary of War, the shoes and blankets at Shepherds Town will be transported to Pittsburgh, a journey that will consume 12 - 20 days. Langham requires the necessary monies to pay the expense of the carriage, baling, boxing, etc. Since the business at Shepherd's Town will be diminished by the approaching winter, he wants to travel to the Western Country to finish his business there.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
As ordered by the Secretary of War, the shoes and blankets at Shepherds Town will be transported to Pittsburgh, a journey that will consume 12 - 20 days. Langham requires the necessary monies to pay the expense of the carriage, baling, boxing, etc. Since the business at Shepherd's Town will be diminished by the approaching winter, he wants to travel to the Western Country to finish his business there.
Date
11/25/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Shepherd's Town
Repository
Document number
1796112580001
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
Major Samuel Hodgdon
Elias Langham
Secretary of War James McHenry
Major Craig
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Shepherd's Town
Shepherdstown
Pittsburgh
Pittsburg
Western Country
Harper's Ferry
Notable items
order
shoes
blankets
wagons
waggons
monies
carriage
baling boxes
public buildings
unpillowed shoes