The Fever is So Mortal in Your City, Etc.
Document 1798Caldwell has a certificate from Abraham Kirkpatrick, late Commissary General in Wayne's army, for a sum due him for services rendered as Assistant Commissary. Apparently the fever is so mortal in Philadelphia that most of the inhabitants have moved out to the country. Caldwell wants to know the best means for acquiring his money.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Caldwell has a certificate from Abraham Kirkpatrick, late Commissary General in Wayne's army, for a sum due him for services rendered as Assistant Commissary. Apparently the fever is so mortal in Philadelphia that most of the inhabitants have moved out to the country. Caldwell wants to know the best means for acquiring his money.
Date
09/22/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Havre De Grace
Document number
1798092280001
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Cited in Hodgdon to Caldwell, 09/26/1798.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
James Caldwell
commissary general
Abraham Kirkpatrick
General Anthony Wayne
Army
commissary department
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Maryland
Havre De Grace
office
Notable items
money
certificate
fever
epidemic
Yellow Fever