Shipment Intended for Oswego, Etc.

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Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Description

Smith is urged to expedite the shipment of articles intended for the troops at Oswego. The pattern arms seem to have been lost probably due to the wrong mark on their box.

Date

12/04/1798

Recipient

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1798120428055

Page start

301

Notable persons

Melancton Smith
Samuel Hodgdon
Robert Dunn
Capt. Michael G. Houdin
Ensign [William] Boote

Notable locations

Philadelphia
New York
Oswego
Albany
Rhode Island

Notable items

Schooner "Fanny Bridger"
bill of lading
vessel
destination
pattern arms
mass of mistakes
wrong mark on the box
articles by Dunn