A Present of $500 if the Business Is Settled Favorably
Document 1798Enclosed are the vouchers respecting Powers' claims. He knows that Hodgdon is best acquainted with his business and for his attention and introduction to friends and members of Congress at New York, Powers promises to give Hodgdon a present of five hundred dollars specie if his business is resolved favorably.
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[undecipherable] Inclosed [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Vouchers respecting our Claim, without
Doubt you are the best acquainted with
the business, and for your [undecipherable] in
Introduction to your friends Members of
Congress at New York; and for your Time
to go thro this business I will (when —
settled favourably) make [undecipherable] a present
of five Hundred Dollars Specie —
Please [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] our
[undecipherable: a Martin] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable: Common] — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to them
The A[cts] of Congress of the [undecipherable] 15 Nov:
177[undecipherable] — shewing the Establishment of
Baldwains Corps —
See a Decision of Congress
of April 1785 on Dol[l] A[undecipherable] [undecipherable] of
[undecipherable] Baldwins Corps — to prove it does not
apply to [undecipherable: Flowers] Officers —
Please to make such [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable]
A. [undecipherable: Denver]
[Samuel Hodgeson Esquire
Present]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed are the vouchers respecting Powers' claims. He knows that Hodgdon is best acquainted with his business and for his attention and introduction to friends and members of Congress at New York, Powers promises to give Hodgdon a present of five hundred dollars specie if his business is resolved favorably.
Date
04/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1798049980302
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
A. Powers
congress
Captain Mathews
Baldwain Corps
Baldwin's Corps
Doctor A. Baird
Notable locations
New York
Philadelphia
Notable items
specie
vouchers
claims
commission
act of congress