Requested Warrant Charged to the Quartermaster General
Document 1798Hodgdon requests a warrant to discharge several accepted drafts and to settle three accounts in the Quartermaster's department.
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Philadelphia 19th June 1798
Sir,
I enclose you the cash invoice of the Cherokee annuities forwarded by the Sloop Robert, Captain Joseph Briggs, to your address in the last month. The Invoice will be of importance to Col Hawkins, and you will please to send it to him, by the most safe and speedy conveyance that offers, after you receive this letter. General Marshall is arrived from France.
I am Sir your most obt Servant,
Samuel Hodgdon
[John Habersham Esqr
Savannah]
Philadelphia 14th June 1798
Sir,
To enable me to discharge three accepted drafts in the Quarter Master Generals Department; amounting to Five thousand four hundred dollars, and to settle a number of accounts in the same department, a further sum of three thousand dollars is necessary. I therefore request a Warrant for five thousand four hundred dollars to be charged as usual to the Quarter Master General.
I am Sir
Doll: 5.400... Your most obt Servant
Samuel Hodgdon
James McHenry Esqr
Secretary of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Hodgdon requests a warrant to discharge several accepted drafts and to settle three accounts in the Quartermaster's department.
Date
06/19/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1798061928255
Page start
127
Notable persons
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Quartermaster General
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
Warrant
drafts
accounts

