Letter to the Superintendent of Military Stores
Document 1798Mentions receipt of bundles of colors intended for the Herald, the new cutter being built at Newbury.
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[Mr Col. Sam Hodgdon] Boston July 14. 98
1/7
Sir
This day the stage man has delivered to me two Bundles of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Letters, which I presume to be intended for the [undecipherable] & the new [undecipherable] building at [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of the Vessels are not mentioned, & for the [undecipherable] of which I will settle with Mr [Pease?] as you desire, [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Sir your hum Serv.
Stephen Higginson
[Address panel:] James [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] den [undecipherable]
Philade[lphia] Office
[Postal marking: BOSTON]
[Endorsement:] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] man ar[undecipherable]
[undecipherable] July [undecipherable]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Mentions receipt of bundles of colors intended for the Herald, the new cutter being built at Newbury.
Date
07/16/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Boston
Collection
Document number
1798071680001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Stephen Higginson
Mr Peeps.
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Boston
Newbury
Massachusetts
Newburyport
Notable items
stage man
signal colours
cutter
herald