Maintaining the Public Business, Etc.
Document 1798Among other matters, Hodgdon expresses his determination to maintain the public business in the face of many departures from the city due to the fear of contagion,
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Among other matters, Hodgdon expresses his determination to maintain the public business in the face of many departures from the city due to the fear of contagion,
Date
08/20/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1798082028055
Page start
189
Notable persons
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon
Lieut. Leonard
Bass
Mr. Hopes
Mr. Mackey
my clerks
Major Burrows
Secretary of the Navy [Benjamin Stoddert]
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Vermont
the Potomac
Notable items
order for clothing
public business
enclosed return
musket cartridges
magazine
first acts of the Potomac business