Unknown Cost of Transportation
Document 1798Unsure of cost for transporting supplies through various cities. Will consult owner of the waggon that transported the supplies.
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Dover Augt 11th 1795
Sir,
Recd your Letter of the 9th Instt with the Bill inclosed, together with the hhdy Box & Bale marked to me, & a like Supply marked to Lieut Knight. which I sent on to Chester town immediately. —
The expence of Transportation from Dover to Chester town, was three pounds; whither there is any thing to pay for the Conveyance from [strikethrough: Phi] Philadelphia to Frederica or from thence to Dover I know not, as I have neither seen the Shallop man or Owner of the Waggon that brought them.
I am Sir,
Respectfully
Your Oble Servt
Jas. B. Maning
Mr Saml. Hodgson
[address leaf: Mr Samuel Hodgson / Philadelphia]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Unsure of cost for transporting supplies through various cities. Will consult owner of the waggon that transported the supplies.
Date
08/18/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dover
Collection
Document number
1798081880000
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
James B Many
Knight
owner of the waggon
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Chestertown
Chester Town
Frederick
Dover
Notable items
box
bale
bill
conveyance
waggon
wagon
supplies