Not A Pig On Hand!
Document 1798Hodgdon laments that the ship "Delaware" is ready to receive her ballast but there is not a pig [kentledge] on hand to provide it. He hopes that the vessel from Elizabeth Town will deliver it soon.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Hodgdon laments that the ship "Delaware" is ready to receive her ballast but there is not a pig [kentledge] on hand to provide it. He hopes that the vessel from Elizabeth Town will deliver it soon.
Date
06/02/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1798060228155
Page start
109
Notable persons
Melancton Smith
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Town
York
Notable items
ship "Delaware"
ballast
vessel
immediate departure
unavoidable detention of the ship