Refers to Gov. Sargent's Losses, Accounts; Dinner with Grand Council

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Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Description

Refers to letter concerning Gov. Sargent's business, his trouble with his property and the weather and transportation. Speaks of the Great Council: Secretary of State, Secretary of Navy, Quartermaster General, and other friends, who will dine with Hodgdon. Reports rumor of Navy Armament. Refers to correspondence with Major Kirkpatrick and Wilson's account with the Quartermaster General. Promises to send duplicate of requested artifacts by ship to Orleans. Suggests contract with Natchez.

Date

12/28/1798

Recipient

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1798122828055

Page start

330

Note

Cited in Craig to Hodgdon, 01/04/1799.

Notable persons

Isaac Craig
Samuel Hodgdon
Winthrop Sargent
Benjamin Stoddart
Timothy Pickering
John Wilkins
Major Kirkpatrick
Wilson
Judge Tilton
Natchez

Notable locations

Philadelphia
Orleans

Notable items

Contract