Request to Attend to Returns for Rations Owed Hyde
Document 1798Hyde believes he may have left a return for provisions and a ration order on Simmons' table and asks that Simmons complete the work for him if possible. He discusses popular opinion of Adams and Gallatin and mentions the Independence Day celebrations in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh 6th July 1798
Dear Sir,
When I came away from Philadelphia I made a provision Return for Nineteen rations to correct a mistake for that No of rations on [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] Rations due to me for [undecipherable] last both of which have [undecipherable] I left them on your table [undecipherable] be obliged to you to attend to th[em] for me — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
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[Pitts burgh 6 July 98
Charles Hyde
recd July 15th 98
[undecipherable] 20th
Ans.]
Mr.
William Simmons Esquire
Philadelphia
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hyde believes he may have left a return for provisions and a ration order on Simmons' table and asks that Simmons complete the work for him if possible. He discusses popular opinion of Adams and Gallatin and mentions the Independence Day celebrations in Pittsburgh.
Date
07/06/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburg
Document number
1798070670001
Page start
1
Note
Some or all of the pages of this file are wholly or in part illegible.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Charles Hyde
John Adams
Albert Gallatin
Western people
Mr. Higgins
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Notable items
provision return
correct a mistake
rations due to me
have lost
left them on your table
attend to them
correct the error
affection of all
despised by most
Independence Day
celebrated