Danger Risked by Remaining in Town, Etc.
Document 1798Kepple is glad to have heard from Mr. Henry that Hodgdon has continued in good health despite the danger he risked by remaining in town.
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[Docket: Michael Kepple / 24 Octo 1793]
[No. 390]
[Paid 12]
[Hodgdon [undecipherable]]
[Counter 2364 [undecipherable]]
D Sir
By sending the enclosed [letter]
to my wife's [grand]mother a[nd — text obscured]
next door [to] my [house — text obscured]
will confer a particular fav[our — text obscured]
[undecipherable] upon me. —
I am glad to [hear] from
McHenry that you have
continued in health — not-
withstanding the danger to
which you [undecipherable] your-
self by remaining in Town—
[undecipherable] friends in
Philad.a — Yrs sincerely
M. Kepple
24 Oct. 93
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Kepple is glad to have heard from Mr. Henry that Hodgdon has continued in good health despite the danger he risked by remaining in town.
Date
10/24/1798
Author
Recipient
Document number
1798102480101
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Michael Kepple
James McHenry
Secretary of War
wife's grandmamma
grandmother
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Trenton
New Jersey
Notable items
yellow fever epidemic
sickness
health
danger

