Matters of Clothing for Myself and My Servants, Etc.
Document 1798In a typically inscrutable Sargent missive, the following are the legible portions: two fashionable [?]; Mrs. Sargent; young lady; whole length of tape or measure; her daughter, Miss Mary Williams; lace; transportation-land or water; twenty or thirty pounds;
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it might
be disposed of in this Country —
[I wish you to send — [some?] pickled [Oysters?]
if they can come in cool
weather —
[undecipherable] Hodgdon]
[and] receive my good Friend, the [undecipherable]
[my] sincere regards for you
and Mrs Hodgdon —
[W.] Sargent —
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
In a typically inscrutable Sargent missive, the following are the legible portions: two fashionable [?]; Mrs. Sargent; young lady; whole length of tape or measure; her daughter, Miss Mary Williams; lace; transportation-land or water; twenty or thirty pounds;
Date
10/29/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Mississippi Territory
Document number
1798102980101
Page start
1
Note
Mostly illegible.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Winthrop Sargent
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Mississippi Territory